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Debian: DSA-2716-1 Urgent: Iceweasel Remote Security Vulnerabilities

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Calendar Grey June 26, 2013
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A range of vulnerabilities addressed in the iceweasel package for Debian could allow for remote command execution and unauthorized privilege escalation. It's advisable to update immediately.
Multiple security issues have been found in Iceweasel, Debian's version of the Mozilla Firefox web browser: Multiple memory safety errors, use-after-free vulnerabilities, missing p...

Summary

Multiple security issues have been found in Iceweasel, Debian's version
of the Mozilla Firefox web browser: Multiple memory safety errors,
use-after-free vulnerabilities, missing permission checks, incorrect
memory handling and other implementaton errors may lead to the execution
of arbitrary code, privilege escalation, information disclosure or
cross-site request forgery.

The iceweasel version in the oldstable distribution (squeeze) is no
longer supported with security updates.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in
version 17.0.7esr-1~deb7u1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 17.0.7esr-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: CVE-2013-1682 CVE-2013-1684 CVE-2013-1685 CVE-2013-1686

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