Detections
Analytics

Debian DSA-2986-1 : iceweasel - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 76841

Language:

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 use-after-frees 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 24.7.0esr-1~deb7u1.

See Also

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

https://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2986

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 76841

File Name: debian_DSA-2986.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/26/2014

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/23/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-1544, CVE-2014-1547, CVE-2014-1555, CVE-2014-1556, CVE-2014-1557

BID: 68811, 68814, 68816, 68822, 68824

DSA: 2986