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Debian DSA-2955-1 : iceweasel - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 74476

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Synopsis

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

Description

Multiple security issues have been found in Iceweasel, Debian's version of the Mozilla Firefox web browser: Multiple memory safety errors and buffer overflows may lead to the execution of arbitrary code or denial of service.

Solution

Upgrade the iceweasel packages.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 24.6.0esr-1~deb7u1.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/iceweasel

https://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2955

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 74476

File Name: debian_DSA-2955.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/12/2014

Updated: 1/11/2021

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: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/11/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-1533, CVE-2014-1538, CVE-2014-1541, CVE-2014-1545

BID: 67965, 67975, 67976, 67979

DSA: 2955