Debian DSA-3260-1 : iceweasel - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 83423

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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, buffer overflows and use-after-frees may lead to the execution of arbitrary code, privilege escalation or denial of service.

Solution

Upgrade the iceweasel packages.

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 31.7.0esr-1~deb7u1.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 31.7.0esr-1~deb8u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 83423

File Name: debian_DSA-3260.nasl

Version: 2.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 5/13/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

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:8.0, 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: 5/13/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-3079, CVE-2015-0797, CVE-2015-2708, CVE-2015-2710, CVE-2015-2713, CVE-2015-2716

DSA: 3260

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