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Debian DSA-3201-1 Moderate: Iceweasel Arbitrary Code Execution

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Calendar Grey March 22, 2015
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Improve Iceweasel in Debian to tackle various security issues and key defect fixes.
Multiple security issues have been found in Iceweasel, Debian's version of the Mozilla Firefox web browser

Summary

CVE-2015-0817

ilxu1a reported a flaw in Mozilla's implementation of typed array
bounds checking in JavaScript just-in-time compilation (JIT) and its
management of bounds checking for heap access. This flaw can be
leveraged into the reading and writing of memory allowing for
arbitary code execution on the local system.

CVE-2015-0818

Mariusz Mlynski discovered a method to run arbitrary scripts in a
privileged context. This bypassed the same-origin policy protections
by using a flaw in the processing of SVG format content navigation.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in
version 31.5.3esr-1~deb7u1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 31.5.3esr-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/



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Package: iceweasel
CVE ID: CVE-2015-0817 CVE-2015-0818

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