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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory [UPDATE] GLSA 200509-11:02 |
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http://security.gentoo.org/ |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: Mozilla Suite, Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities |
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Date: September 18, 2005 |
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Updated: September 29, 2005 |
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Bugs: #105396 |
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ID: 200509-11:02 |
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Update |
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This advisory was originally released to fix the heap overflow in IDN |
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headers. However, the official fixed release included several other |
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security fixes as well. |
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The updated sections appear below. |
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Synopsis |
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Mozilla Suite and Firefox are vulnerable to multiple issues, including |
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some that might be exploited to execute arbitrary code. |
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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. Mozilla Firefox is the next-generation browser |
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from the Mozilla project. Gecko is the layout engine used in both |
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products. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 www-client/mozilla-firefox < 1.0.7-r2 >= 1.0.7-r2 |
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2 www-client/mozilla < 1.7.12-r2 >= 1.7.12-r2 |
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3 www-client/mozilla-firefox-bin < 1.0.7 >= 1.0.7 |
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4 www-client/mozilla-bin < 1.7.12 >= 1.7.12 |
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5 net-libs/gecko-sdk < 1.7.12 >= 1.7.12 |
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5 affected packages on all of their supported architectures. |
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Description |
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The Mozilla Suite and Firefox are both vulnerable to the following |
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issues: |
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* Tom Ferris reported a heap overflow in IDN-enabled browsers with |
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malicious Host: headers (CAN-2005-2871). |
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* "jackerror" discovered a heap overrun in XBM image processing |
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(CAN-2005-2701). |
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* Mats Palmgren reported a potentially exploitable stack corruption |
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using specific Unicode sequences (CAN-2005-2702). |
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* Georgi Guninski discovered an integer overflow in the JavaScript |
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engine (CAN-2005-2705) |
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* Other issues ranging from DOM object spoofing to request header |
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spoofing were also found and fixed in the latest versions |
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(CAN-2005-2703, CAN-2005-2704, CAN-2005-2706, CAN-2005-2707). |
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The Gecko engine in itself is also affected by some of these issues and |
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has been updated as well. |
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Impact |
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A remote attacker could setup a malicious site and entice a victim to |
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visit it, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution with the |
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victim's privileges or facilitated spoofing of known websites. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround for all the issues. |
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Resolution |
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All Mozilla Firefox users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose |
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">=www-client/mozilla-firefox-1.0.7-r2" |
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All Mozilla Suite users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/mozilla-1.7.12-r2" |
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All Mozilla Firefox binary users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose |
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">=www-client/mozilla-firefox-bin-1.0.7" |
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All Mozilla Suite binary users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/mozilla-bin-1.7.12" |
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All Gecko library users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-libs/gecko-sdk-1.7.12" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CAN-2005-2701 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-2701 |
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[ 2 ] CAN-2005-2702 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-2702 |
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[ 3 ] CAN-2005-2703 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-2703 |
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[ 4 ] CAN-2005-2704 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-2704 |
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[ 5 ] CAN-2005-2705 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-2705 |
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[ 6 ] CAN-2005-2706 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-2706 |
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[ 7 ] CAN-2005-2707 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-2707 |
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[ 8 ] CAN-2005-2871 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-2871 |
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[ 9 ] Mozilla Foundation Security Advisories |
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http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html |
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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-200509-11.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 2005 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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