Debian Security Advisory
DSA-1707-1 iceweasel -- several vulnerabilities
- Date Reported:
- 15 Jan 2009
- Affected Packages:
- iceweasel
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2008-5500, CVE-2008-5503, CVE-2008-5504, CVE-2008-5506, CVE-2008-5507, CVE-2008-5508, CVE-2008-5510, CVE-2008-5511, CVE-2008-5512, CVE-2008-5513.
- More information:
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Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Iceweasel web browser, an unbranded version of the Firefox browser. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:
- CVE-2008-5500
Jesse Ruderman discovered that the layout engine is vulnerable to DoS attacks that might trigger memory corruption and an integer overflow. (MFSA 2008-60)
- CVE-2008-5503
Boris Zbarsky discovered that an information disclosure attack could be performed via XBL bindings. (MFSA 2008-61)
- CVE-2008-5504
It was discovered that attackers could run arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges via vectors related to the feed preview. (MFSA 2008-62)
- CVE-2008-5506
Marius Schilder discovered that it is possible to obtain sensible data via a XMLHttpRequest. (MFSA 2008-64)
- CVE-2008-5507
Chris Evans discovered that it is possible to obtain sensible data via a JavaScript URL. (MFSA 2008-65)
- CVE-2008-5508
Chip Salzenberg discovered possible phishing attacks via URLs with leading whitespaces or control characters. (MFSA 2008-66)
- CVE-2008-5510
Kojima Hajime and Jun Muto discovered that escaped null characters were ignored by the CSS parser and could lead to the bypass of protection mechanisms (MFSA 2008-67)
- CVE-2008-5511
It was discovered that it is possible to perform cross-site scripting attacks via an XBL binding to an "unloaded document." (MFSA 2008-68)
- CVE-2008-5512
It was discovered that it is possible to run arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges via unknown vectors. (MFSA 2008-68)
- CVE-2008-5513
moz_bug_r_a4 discovered that the session-restore feature does not properly sanitise input leading to arbitrary injections. This issue could be used to perform an XSS attack or run arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges. (MFSA 2008-69)
For the stable distribution (etch) these problems have been fixed in version 2.0.0.19-0etch1.
For the testing distribution (lenny) and the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 3.0.5-1. Please note iceweasel in Lenny links dynamically against xulrunner.
We recommend that you upgrade your iceweasel package.
- CVE-2008-5500
- Fixed in:
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Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel_2.0.0.19-0etch1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel_2.0.0.19.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel_2.0.0.19-0etch1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel_2.0.0.19.orig.tar.gz
- Architecture-independent component:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel-dom-inspector_2.0.0.19-0etch1_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/firefox-gnome-support_2.0.0.19-0etch1_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/firefox-dom-inspector_2.0.0.19-0etch1_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/mozilla-firefox_2.0.0.19-0etch1_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/firefox_2.0.0.19-0etch1_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/mozilla-firefox-gnome-support_2.0.0.19-0etch1_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/mozilla-firefox-dom-inspector_2.0.0.19-0etch1_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/firefox-gnome-support_2.0.0.19-0etch1_all.deb
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel-dbg_2.0.0.19-0etch1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel-gnome-support_2.0.0.19-0etch1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel_2.0.0.19-0etch1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel-gnome-support_2.0.0.19-0etch1_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel-dbg_2.0.0.19-0etch1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel-gnome-support_2.0.0.19-0etch1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel_2.0.0.19-0etch1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel-gnome-support_2.0.0.19-0etch1_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel-gnome-support_2.0.0.19-0etch1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel_2.0.0.19-0etch1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel-dbg_2.0.0.19-0etch1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel_2.0.0.19-0etch1_arm.deb
- HP Precision:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel-dbg_2.0.0.19-0etch1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel_2.0.0.19-0etch1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel-gnome-support_2.0.0.19-0etch1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel_2.0.0.19-0etch1_hppa.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel-gnome-support_2.0.0.19-0etch1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel_2.0.0.19-0etch1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel-dbg_2.0.0.19-0etch1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel_2.0.0.19-0etch1_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel-dbg_2.0.0.19-0etch1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel-gnome-support_2.0.0.19-0etch1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel_2.0.0.19-0etch1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel-gnome-support_2.0.0.19-0etch1_ia64.deb
- Big-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel-dbg_2.0.0.19-0etch1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel_2.0.0.19-0etch1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel-gnome-support_2.0.0.19-0etch1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel_2.0.0.19-0etch1_mips.deb
- Little-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel-gnome-support_2.0.0.19-0etch1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel-dbg_2.0.0.19-0etch1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel_2.0.0.19-0etch1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel-dbg_2.0.0.19-0etch1_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel-dbg_2.0.0.19-0etch1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel_2.0.0.19-0etch1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel-gnome-support_2.0.0.19-0etch1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel_2.0.0.19-0etch1_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel-dbg_2.0.0.19-0etch1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel_2.0.0.19-0etch1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel-gnome-support_2.0.0.19-0etch1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel_2.0.0.19-0etch1_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel_2.0.0.19-0etch1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel-gnome-support_2.0.0.19-0etch1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel-dbg_2.0.0.19-0etch1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel-gnome-support_2.0.0.19-0etch1_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.