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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200703-05 |
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http://security.gentoo.org/ |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: Mozilla Suite: Multiple vulnerabilities |
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Date: March 03, 2007 |
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Bugs: #135257 |
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ID: 200703-05 |
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Synopsis |
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Several vulnerabilities exist in the Mozilla Suite, which is no longer |
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supported by the Mozilla project. |
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Background |
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The Mozilla Suite is a popular all-in-one web browser that includes a |
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mail and news reader. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 www-client/mozilla <= 1.7.13 Vulnerable! |
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2 www-client/mozilla-bin <= 1.7.13 Vulnerable! |
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NOTE: Certain packages are still vulnerable. Users should migrate |
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to another package if one is available or wait for the |
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existing packages to be marked stable by their |
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architecture maintainers. |
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2 affected packages on all of their supported architectures. |
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Description |
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Several vulnerabilities ranging from code execution with elevated |
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privileges to information leaks affect the Mozilla Suite. |
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Impact |
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A remote attacker could entice a user to browse to a specially crafted |
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website or open a specially crafted mail that could trigger some of the |
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vulnerabilities, potentially allowing execution of arbitrary code, |
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denials of service, information leaks, or cross-site scripting attacks |
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leading to the robbery of cookies of authentication credentials. |
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Workaround |
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Most of the issues, but not all of them, can be prevented by disabling |
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the HTML rendering in the mail client and JavaScript on every |
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application. |
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Resolution |
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The Mozilla Suite is no longer supported and has been masked after some |
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necessary changes on all the other ebuilds which used to depend on it. |
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Mozilla Suite users should unmerge www-client/mozilla or |
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www-client/mozilla-bin, and switch to a supported product, like |
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SeaMonkey, Thunderbird or Firefox. |
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# emerge --unmerge "www-client/mozilla" |
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# emerge --unmerge "www-client/mozilla-bin" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] Official Advisory |
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http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#Mozilla |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-05.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2007 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |
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