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Debian: DSA-2296-1 Severe: Iceweasel Remote Threat Advisory

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Calendar Grey August 17, 2011
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Explore potential weaknesses in Iceweasel for Debian. Ensure timely updates to shield your device from online browsing risks.
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in Iceweasel, a web browser based on Firefox

Summary

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
ve...

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Package: iceweasel
CVE ID: CVE-2011-0084 CVE-2011-2378 CVE-2011-2981 CVE-2011-2982

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