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Debian: DSA-2200-2 Security: Iceweasel SSL Certificate Correction

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Calendar Grey March 23, 2011
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Enhance Iceweasel for better HTTPS certificate revocation handling. Critical security patch for Debian stakeholders.
This update for Iceweasel, a web browser based on Firefox, updates the certificate blacklist for several fraudulent HTTPS certificates

Summary

This update for Iceweasel, a web browser based on Firefox, updates the
certificate blacklist for several fraudulent HTTPS certificates. More
details can be found in a blog posting by Jacob Appelbaum of the Tor
project:


For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.9.0.19-9 of the xulrunner source package.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 3.5.16-6.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 3.5.18-1.

For the experimental distribution, this problem has been fixed in
version 4.0~rc2-1.

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/



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Package: iceweasel
CVE ID: not available

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