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HistoryMar 30, 2008 - 12:00 a.m.

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2008-03-3000:00:00
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9.3 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Iceweasel
web browser, an unbranded version of the Firefox browser. The Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:

  • CVE-2007-4879
    Peter Brodersen and Alexander Klink discovered that the
    autoselection of SSL client certificates could lead to users
    being tracked, resulting in a loss of privacy.
  • CVE-2008-1233
    moz_bug_r_a4 discovered that variants of CVE-2007-3738 and
    CVE-2007-5338 allow the execution of arbitrary code through
    XPCNativeWrapper.
  • CVE-2008-1234
    moz_bug_r_a4 discovered that insecure handling of event
    handlers could lead to cross-site scripting.
  • CVE-2008-1235
    Boris Zbarsky, Johnny Stenback and moz_bug_r_a4 discovered
    that incorrect principal handling could lead to cross-site
    scripting and the execution of arbitrary code.
  • CVE-2008-1236
    Tom Ferris, Seth Spitzer, Martin Wargers, John Daggett and Mats
    Palmgren discovered crashes in the layout engine, which might
    allow the execution of arbitrary code.
  • CVE-2008-1237
    georgi, tgirmann and Igor Bukanov discovered crashes in the
    Javascript engine, which might allow the execution of arbitrary
    code.
  • CVE-2008-1238
    Gregory Fleischer discovered that HTTP Referrer headers were
    handled incorrectly in combination with URLs containing Basic
    Authentication credentials with empty usernames, resulting
    in potential Cross-Site Request Forgery attacks.
  • CVE-2008-1240
    Gregory Fleischer discovered that web content fetched through
    the jar: protocol can use Java to connect to arbitrary ports.
    This is only an issue in combination with the non-free Java
    plugin.
  • CVE-2008-1241
    Chris Thomas discovered that background tabs could generate
    XUL popups overlaying the current tab, resulting in potential
    spoofing attacks.

The Mozilla products from the old stable distribution (sarge) are no
longer supported.

For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in
version 2.0.0.13-0etch1.

We recommend that you upgrade your iceweasel packages.

9.3 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C