DSA-1707-1 iceweasel -- several vulnerabilities

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:

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 2.0.0.19-0etch4.

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.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel_2.0.0.19-0etch4.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_2.0.0.19-0etch4.dsc

Architecture-independent component:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel-dom-inspector_2.0.0.19-0etch4_all.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/firefox-gnome-support_2.0.0.19-0etch4_all.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/firefox-dom-inspector_2.0.0.19-0etch4_all.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/mozilla-firefox_2.0.0.19-0etch4_all.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/firefox_2.0.0.19-0etch4_all.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/mozilla-firefox-gnome-support_2.0.0.19-0etch4_all.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/mozilla-firefox-dom-inspector_2.0.0.19-0etch4_all.deb

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel-dbg_2.0.0.19-0etch4_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel-gnome-support_2.0.0.19-0etch4_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel_2.0.0.19-0etch4_alpha.deb

AMD64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel-dbg_2.0.0.19-0etch4_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel-gnome-support_2.0.0.19-0etch4_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel_2.0.0.19-0etch4_amd64.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel-gnome-support_2.0.0.19-0etch4_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel_2.0.0.19-0etch4_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel-dbg_2.0.0.19-0etch4_arm.deb

HP Precision:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel-dbg_2.0.0.19-0etch4_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel_2.0.0.19-0etch4_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel-gnome-support_2.0.0.19-0etch4_hppa.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel-gnome-support_2.0.0.19-0etch4_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel_2.0.0.19-0etch4_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel-dbg_2.0.0.19-0etch4_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel-dbg_2.0.0.19-0etch4_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel-gnome-support_2.0.0.19-0etch4_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel_2.0.0.19-0etch4_ia64.deb

Big-endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel-dbg_2.0.0.19-0etch4_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel_2.0.0.19-0etch4_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel-gnome-support_2.0.0.19-0etch4_mips.deb

Little-endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel-gnome-support_2.0.0.19-0etch4_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel-dbg_2.0.0.19-0etch4_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel_2.0.0.19-0etch4_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel-dbg_2.0.0.19-0etch4_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel_2.0.0.19-0etch4_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel-gnome-support_2.0.0.19-0etch4_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel-dbg_2.0.0.19-0etch4_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel_2.0.0.19-0etch4_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel-gnome-support_2.0.0.19-0etch4_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel_2.0.0.19-0etch4_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel-gnome-support_2.0.0.19-0etch4_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel-dbg_2.0.0.19-0etch4_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.