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Debian DSA-1756-1 : xulrunner - multiple vulnerabilities
high Nessus Plugin ID 36066
Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.Description
Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in Xulrunner, a runtime environment for XUL applications, such as the Iceweasel web browser. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :- CVE-2009-1169 Security researcher Guido Landi discovered that a XSL stylesheet could be used to crash the browser during a XSL transformation. An attacker could potentially use this crash to run arbitrary code on a victim's computer.
- CVE-2009-1044 Security researcher Nils reported via TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative that the XUL tree method
_moveToEdgeShift was in some cases triggering garbage collection routines on objects which were still in use.
In such cases, the browser would crash when attempting to access a previously destroyed object and this crash could be used by an attacker to run arbitrary code on a victim's computer.
Note that after installing these updates, you will need to restart any packages using xulrunner, typically iceweasel or epiphany.
As indicated in the Etch release notes, security support for the Mozilla products in the oldstable distribution needed to be stopped before the end of the regular Etch security maintenance life cycle.
You are strongly encouraged to upgrade to stable or switch to a still supported browser.
Solution
Upgrade the xulrunner package.For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in version 1.9.0.7-0lenny2.
See Also
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-1169
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 36066
File Name: debian_DSA-1756.nasl
Version: 1.19
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 4/1/2009
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Temporal Score: 7.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:xulrunner, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/29/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-1044, CVE-2009-1169
CWE: 399
DSA: 1756