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Debian: DSA-3580-2 Critical: Iceweasel Buffer Overflow Risk

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Calendar Grey April 27, 2016
Scroller Debian
Enhance Iceweasel to resolve memory vulnerabilities causing code execution and service interruptions in Debian.
Multiple security issues have been found in Iceweasel, Debian's version of the Mozilla Firefox web browser: Multiple memory safety errors and buffer overflows may lead to the execu...
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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 and
buffer overflows may lead to the execution of arbitrary code or denial
of service.

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in
version 38.8.0esr-1~deb7u1.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version 38.8.0esr-1~deb8u1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 45.1.0esr-1 of the firefox-esr source package and version
46.0-1 of the firefox 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: CVE-2016-2805 CVE-2016-2807 CVE-2016-2808 CVE-2016-2814

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