Debian DSA-3457-1 : iceweasel - security update (SLOTH)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 88426

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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 a buffer overflow may lead to the execution of arbitrary code. In addition the bundled NSS crypto library addresses the SLOTH attack on TLS 1.2.

Solution

Upgrade the iceweasel packages.

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 38.6.0esr-1~deb7u1.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 38.6.0esr-1~deb8u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 88426

File Name: debian_DSA-3457.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 1/28/2016

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC: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: 1/27/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-7575, CVE-2016-1930, CVE-2016-1935

DSA: 3457

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