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Debian: DSA-1707-1 Moderate: Iceweasel Remote Threats Fix

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Calendar Grey January 15, 2009
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Enhance your Iceweasel web browser on Debian to resolve numerous external complications, such as denial of service threats and cross-site scripting weaknesses.
Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Iceweasel web browser, an unbranded version of the Firefox browser

Summary

Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Iceweasel web
browser, an unbranded version of the Firefox browser. The Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:

CVE-2008-5500

Jesse Ruderman discovered that the layout engine is vulnerable to
DoS attacks that might trigger memory corruption and an integer
overflow. (MFSA 2008-60)

CVE-2008-5503

Boris Zbarsky discovered that an information disclosure attack could
be performed via XBL bindings. (MFSA 2008-61)

CVE-2008-5504

It was discovered that attackers could run arbitrary JavaScript with
chrome privileges via vectors related to the feed preview.
(MFSA 2008-62)

CVE-2008-5506

Marius Schilder discovered that it is possible to obtain sensible
data via a XMLHttpRequest. (MFSA 2008-64)

CVE-2008-5507

Chris Evans discovered that it is possible to obtain sensible data
via a JavaScript URL. (MFSA 2008-65)

CVE-2008-5508

Chip Salzenberg discovered possible phishing attacks via U...

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Package: iceweasel
CVE ID: CVE-2008-5500 CVE-2008-5503 CVE-2008-5504 CVE-2008-5506 CVE-2008-5507 CVE-2008-5508 CVE-2008-5510 CVE-2008-5511 CVE-2008-5512 CVE-2008-5513

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