Debian DSA-1424-1 : iceweasel - several vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 29259

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

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-2007-5947 Jesse Ruderman and Petko D. Petkov discovered that the URI handler for JAR archives allows cross-site scripting.

- CVE-2007-5959 Several crashes in the layout engine were discovered, which might allow the execution of arbitrary code.

- CVE-2007-5960 Gregory Fleischer discovered a race condition in the handling of the 'window.location' property, which might lead to cross-site request forgery.

The Mozilla products in the oldstable distribution (sarge) are no longer supported with security updates.

Solution

Upgrade the iceweasel packages.

For the stable distribution (etch) these problems have been fixed in version 2.0.0.10-0etch1.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-5947

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-5959

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-5960

https://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1424

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 29259

File Name: debian_DSA-1424.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/11/2007

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/8/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-5947, CVE-2007-5959, CVE-2007-5960

BID: 26385, 26589, 26593

CWE: 22, 79

DSA: 1424