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Debian: DSA-3523-1 Critical: Iceweasel Font Issue Resolved

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Calendar Grey March 20, 2016
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The recent patch for Iceweasel has removed support for the Graphite font shaping library to bolster security measures across Debian platforms.
This update disables the Graphite font shaping library in Iceweasel, Debian's version of the Mozilla Firefox web browser

Summary

This update disables the Graphite font shaping library in Iceweasel,
Debian's version of the Mozilla Firefox web browser.

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed
in version 38.7.1esr-1~deb7u1.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 38.7.1esr-1~deb8u1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 45.0.1esr-1 of the firefox-esr source package.

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: not available

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