Debian DSA-2553-1 : iceweasel - several vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 62285

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VPR Score: 5.9

Synopsis

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

Description

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in Iceweasel, a web browser based on Firefox. The included XULRunner library provides rendering services for several other applications included in Debian.

The reported vulnerabilities could lead to the execution of arbitrary code or the bypass of content-loading restrictions via the location object.

Solution

Upgrade the iceweasel packages.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed in version 3.5.16-18.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 62285

File Name: debian_DSA-2553.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 9/25/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl

Risk Information

Risk Factor: Critical

VPR Score: 5.9

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iceweasel, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/24/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-1970, CVE-2012-1972, CVE-2012-1973, CVE-2012-1974, CVE-2012-1975, CVE-2012-1976, CVE-2012-3959, CVE-2012-3962, CVE-2012-3969, CVE-2012-3972, CVE-2012-3978

BID: 55266, 55292, 55306, 55310, 55314, 55316, 55317, 55318, 55319, 55324, 55342

DSA: 2553