Several security related problems have been discovered in Mozilla and
derived products. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project
identifies the following vulnerabilities:
- CVE-2006-6497
Several vulnerabilities in the layout engine allow remote
attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly permit them to
execute arbitrary code. [MFSA 2006-68]
- CVE-2006-6498
Several vulnerabilities in the JavaScript engine allow remote
attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly permit them to
execute arbitrary code. [MFSA 2006-68]
- CVE-2006-6499
A bug in the js_dtoa function allows remote attackers to cause a
denial of service. [MFSA 2006-68]
- CVE-2006-6501
shutdown discovered a vulnerability that allows remote attackers
to gain privileges and install malicious code via the watch
JavaScript function. [MFSA 2006-70]
- CVE-2006-6502
Steven Michaud discovered a programming bug that allows remote
attackers to cause a denial of service. [MFSA 2006-71]
- CVE-2006-6503
moz_bug_r_a4 reported that the src attribute of an IMG element
could be used to inject JavaScript code. [MFSA 2006-72]
- CVE-2006-6505
Georgi Guninski discovered several heap-based buffer overflows
that allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. [MFSA 2006-74]
For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in
version 1.7.8-1sarge10.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in
version 1.0.7-1 of iceape.
We recommend that you upgrade your Mozilla and Iceape packages.