Debian: DSA-2341-1 Critical: Iceweasel Multiple Remote Threats
debian
November 9, 2011
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in Iceweasel, a web browser based on Firefox
Topics Covered
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-2011-3647
"moz_bug_r_a4" discovered a privilege escalation vulnerability in
addon handling.
CVE-2011-3648
Yosuke Hasegawa discovered that incorrect handling of Shift-JIS
encodings could lead to cross-site scripting.
CVE-2011-3650
Marc Schoenefeld discovered that profiling the Javascript code
could lead to memory corruption.
For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.9.0.19-15 of the xulrunner source package.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 3.5.16-11.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 8.0-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your iceweasel packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently a...
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Package: iceweasel
CVE ID: CVE-2011-3647 CVE-2011-3648 CVE-2011-3650
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