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Debian Security Advisory DSA 2433-1 (iceweasel)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to iceweasel announced via advisory DSA 2433-1.
Insight
Insight
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in Iceweasel, a web browser based on Firefox. The included XULRunner library provides rendering services for several other applications included in Debian. CVE-2012-0455 Soroush Dalili discovered that a cross-site scripting countermeasure related to Javascript URLs could be bypassed. CVE-2012-0456 Atte Kettunen discovered an out of bounds read in the SVG Filters, resulting in memory disclosure. CVE-2012-0458 Mariusz Mlynski discovered that privileges could be escalated through a Javascript URL as the home page. CVE-2012-0461 Bob Clary discovered memory corruption bugs, which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code. For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 3.5.16-13. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 10.0.3esr-1. For the experimental distribution, this problem has been fixed in version 11.0-1.
Solution
Solution
We recommend that you upgrade your iceweasel packages.