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Debian: DSA-1210-1 Critical: Firefox Remote Code Execution Threats

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Calendar Grey November 14, 2006
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Ensure Mozilla Firefox is updated on your Debian system to rectify several vulnerabilities and bolster user security in accordance with DSA 1210-1 guidelines.
Updated package.

Summary


Fernando Ribeiro discovered that a vulnerability in the getRawDER
functionallows remote attackers to cause a denial of service
(hang) and possibly execute arbitrary code.

CVE-2006-4340

Daniel Bleichenbacher recently described an implementation error
in RSA signature verification that cause the application to
incorrectly trust SSL certificates.

CVE-2006-4565, CVE-2006-4566

Priit Laes reported that that a JavaScript regular expression can
trigger a heap-based buffer overflow which allows remote attackers
to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code.

CVE-2006-4568

A vulnerability has been discovered that allows remote attackers
to bypass the security model and inject content into the sub-frame
of another site.

CVE-2006-4571

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Firefox, Thunderbird and
SeaMonkey allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service,
corrupt memory, and possibly execute arbitrary co...

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