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Debian DSA-1671-1 Critical: Iceweasel Buffer Overflow Threat

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Calendar Grey November 24, 2008
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Firefox update tackles various distant vulnerabilities through DSA-1672-1. Update now for enhanced security.
Justin Schuh discovered that a buffer overflow in the http-index-format parser could lead to arbitrary code execution.

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Justin Schuh discovered that a buffer overflow in the http-index-format
parser could lead to arbitrary code execution.

CVE-2008-4582

Liu Die Yu discovered an information leak through local shortcut
files.

CVE-2008-5012

Georgi Guninski, Michal Zalewski and Chris Evan discovered that
the canvas element could be used to bypass same-origin
restrictions.

CVE-2008-5013

It was discovered that insufficient checks in the Flash plugin glue
code could lead to arbitrary code execution.

CVE-2008-5014

Jesse Ruderman discovered that a programming error in the
window.__proto__.__proto__ object could lead to arbitrary code
execution.

CVE-2008-5017

It was discovered that crashes in the layout engine could lead to
arbitrary code execution.

CVE-2008-5018

It was discovered that crashes in the Javascript engine could lead to
arbitrary code execution.

CVE-2008-5021

It was discovered that a crash in the nsFrameManager might lead to
the...

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