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Debian Security Advisory DSA 2735-1 (iceweasel - several vulnerabilities)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
Multiple security issues have been found in Iceweasel, Debian's version of the Mozilla Firefox web browser: multiple memory safety errors, missing permission checks and other implementation errors may lead to the execution of arbitrary code, cross-site scripting, privilege escalation, bypass of the same-origin policy or the installation of malicious addons. The Iceweasel version in the oldstable distribution (squeeze) is no longer supported with security updates.
Affected Software
Affected Software
iceweasel on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 17.0.8esr-1~deb7u1. For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 17.0.8esr-1. We recommend that you upgrade your iceweasel packages.