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Debian: DSA-2027-1 Moderate: Xulrunner Remote Code Execution

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Calendar Grey April 3, 2010
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Various vulnerabilities within Xulrunner have been identified, leading to possible remote code execution risks. Please update to mitigate these issues.
Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in Xulrunner, a runtime environment for XUL applications, such as the Iceweasel web browser

Summary

Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in Xulrunner, a
runtime environment for XUL applications, such as the Iceweasel web
browser. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies
the following problems:

CVE-2010-0174

Jesse Ruderman and Ehsan Akhgari discovered crashes in the layout
engine, which might allow the execution of arbitrary code.

CVE-2010-0175

It was discovered that incorrect memory handling in the XUL event
handler might allow the execution of arbitrary code.

CVE-2010-0176

It was discovered that incorrect memory handling in the XUL event
handler might allow the execution of arbitrary code.

CVE-2010-0177

It was discovered that incorrect memory handling in the plugin code
might allow the execution of arbitrary code.

CVE-2010-0178

Paul Stone discovered that forced drag-and-drop events could lead to
Chrome privilege escalation.

CVE-2010-0179

It was discovered that a programming error in the XMLHttpRequestSpy
module could ...

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Package: xulrunner

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