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Debian: DSA-3090-1 Moderate: Iceweasel Execution Threat

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Calendar Grey December 4, 2014
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A series of security patches for Iceweasel on Debian tackle severe vulnerabilities aimed at thwarting unauthorized code execution.
Multiple security issues have been found in Iceweasel, Debian's version of the Mozilla Firefox web browser: Multiple memory safety errors, buffer overflows, use-after-frees and oth...

Summary

Multiple security issues have been found in Iceweasel, Debian's version
of the Mozilla Firefox web browser: Multiple memory safety errors, buffer
overflows, use-after-frees and other implementation errors may lead to
the execution of arbitrary code, the bypass of security restrictions or
denial of service.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in
version 31.3.0esr-1~deb7u1.

For the upcoming stable distribution (jessie), these problems will be
fixe soon.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 31.3.0esr-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: https://www.debian.org/security/



Package: iceweasel
CVE ID: CVE-2014-1587 CVE-2014-1590 CVE-2014-1592 CVE-2014-1593

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