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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2011.0853
iceweasel security update
18 August 2011
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: iceweasel
Publisher: Debian
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 5
Debian GNU/Linux 6
UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
Impact/Access: Increased Privileges -- Remote with User Interaction
Access Privileged Data -- Remote with User Interaction
Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote with User Interaction
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2011-2984 CVE-2011-2983 CVE-2011-2982
CVE-2011-2981 CVE-2011-2378 CVE-2011-0084
Original Bulletin:
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2296
Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on
platforms other than Debian. It is recommended that administrators
running iceweasel check for an updated version of the software for
their operating system.
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-2296-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff
August 17, 2011 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : iceweasel
Vulnerability : several
Problem type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CVE-2011-0084 CVE-2011-2378 CVE-2011-2981 CVE-2011-2982
CVE-2011-2983 CVE-2011-2984
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-2011-0084
"regenrecht" discovered that incorrect pointer handling in the SVG
processing code could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
CVE-2011-2378
"regenrecht" discovered that incorrect memory management in DOM
processing could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
CVE-2011-2981
"moz_bug_r_a_4" discovered a Chrome privilege escalation
vulnerability in the event handler code.
CVE-2011-2982
Gary Kwong, Igor Bukanov, Nils and Bob Clary discovered memory
corruption bugs, which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
CVE-2011-2983
"shutdown" discovered an information leak in the handling of
RegExp.input.
CVE-2011-2984
"moz_bug_r_a4" discovered a Chrome privilege escalation vulnerability.
For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.9.0.19-13 of the xulrunner source package.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 3.5.16-9.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 6.0-1
We recommend that you upgrade your iceweasel packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
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