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Debian 7 Wheezy: DSA-2881-1 Critical: Iceweasel Memory Flaws

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Calendar Grey March 19, 2014
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4019-1 warns of significant vulnerabilities in Firefox, posing a potential threat to user data.
Multiple security issues have been found in Iceweasel, Debian's version of the Mozilla Firefox web browser: Multiple memory safety errors, out of bound reads, use-after-frees and o...
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Summary

Multiple security issues have been found in Iceweasel, Debian's version
of the Mozilla Firefox web browser: Multiple memory safety errors, out of
bound reads, use-after-frees and other implementation errors may lead to
the execution of arbitrary code, information disclosure, denial of
service.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in
version 24.4.0esr-1~deb7u2.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 24.4.0esr-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-2014-1493 CVE-2014-1497 CVE-2014-1505 CVE-2014-1508

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