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| From: | Raphael Marichez <falco@g.o> |
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| Subject: | [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200701-02 ] Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities |
| Date: | Thu, 04 Jan 2007 20:53:23 |
| Message-Id: | 20070104202724.GE15696@falco.falcal.net |
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| 2 | Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200701-02 |
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| 4 | http://security.gentoo.org/ |
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| 6 | |
| 7 | Severity: Normal |
| 8 | Title: Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities |
| 9 | Date: January 04, 2007 |
| 10 | Bugs: #156023 |
| 11 | ID: 200701-02 |
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| 14 | |
| 15 | Synopsis |
| 16 | ======== |
| 17 | |
| 18 | Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Mozilla Firefox, some of |
| 19 | which may allow the remote execution of arbitrary code. |
| 20 | |
| 21 | Background |
| 22 | ========== |
| 23 | |
| 24 | Mozilla Firefox is a popular open-source web browser from the Mozilla |
| 25 | Project. |
| 26 | |
| 27 | Affected packages |
| 28 | ================= |
| 29 | |
| 30 | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 31 | Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
| 32 | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 33 | 1 www-client/mozilla-firefox < 1.5.0.9 >= 1.5.0.9 |
| 34 | 2 www-client/mozilla-firefox-bin < 1.5.0.9 >= 1.5.0.9 |
| 35 | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 36 | 2 affected packages on all of their supported architectures. |
| 37 | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 38 | |
| 39 | Description |
| 40 | =========== |
| 41 | |
| 42 | An anonymous researcher found evidence of memory corruption in the way |
| 43 | Mozilla Firefox handles certain types of SVG comment DOM nodes. |
| 44 | Additionally, Frederik Reiss discovered a heap-based buffer overflow in |
| 45 | the conversion of a CSS cursor. Other issues with memory corruption |
| 46 | were also fixed. Mozilla Firefox also contains less severe |
| 47 | vulnerabilities involving JavaScript and Java. |
| 48 | |
| 49 | Impact |
| 50 | ====== |
| 51 | |
| 52 | An attacker could entice a user to view a specially crafted web page |
| 53 | that will trigger one of the vulnerabilities, possibly leading to the |
| 54 | execution of arbitrary code. It is also possible for an attacker to |
| 55 | perform cross-site scripting attacks, leading to the exposure of |
| 56 | sensitive information, like user credentials. |
| 57 | |
| 58 | Workaround |
| 59 | ========== |
| 60 | |
| 61 | There are no known workarounds for all the issues at this time. |
| 62 | |
| 63 | Resolution |
| 64 | ========== |
| 65 | |
| 66 | All Mozilla Firefox users should upgrade to the latest version: |
| 67 | |
| 68 | # emerge --sync |
| 69 | # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/mozilla-firefox-1.5.0.9" |
| 70 | |
| 71 | All Mozilla Firefox binary release users should upgrade to the latest |
| 72 | version: |
| 73 | |
| 74 | # emerge --sync |
| 75 | # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/mozilla-firefox-bin-1.5.0.9" |
| 76 | |
| 77 | References |
| 78 | ========== |
| 79 | |
| 80 | [ 1 ] CVE-2006-6497 |
| 81 | http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6497 |
| 82 | [ 2 ] CVE-2006-6498 |
| 83 | http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6498 |
| 84 | [ 3 ] CVE-2006-6499 |
| 85 | http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6499 |
| 86 | [ 4 ] CVE-2006-6500 |
| 87 | http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6500 |
| 88 | [ 5 ] CVE-2006-6501 |
| 89 | http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6501 |
| 90 | [ 6 ] CVE-2006-6502 |
| 91 | http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6502 |
| 92 | [ 7 ] CVE-2006-6503 |
| 93 | http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6503 |
| 94 | [ 8 ] CVE-2006-6504 |
| 95 | http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6504 |
| 96 | [ 9 ] CVE-2006-6506 |
| 97 | http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6506 |
| 98 | [ 10 ] CVE-2006-6507 |
| 99 | http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6507 |
| 100 | |
| 101 | Availability |
| 102 | ============ |
| 103 | |
| 104 | This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
| 105 | the Gentoo Security Website: |
| 106 | |
| 107 | http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-02.xml |
| 108 | |
| 109 | Concerns? |
| 110 | ========= |
| 111 | |
| 112 | Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
| 113 | confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost |
| 114 | importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
| 115 | security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
| 116 | http://bugs.gentoo.org. |
| 117 | |
| 118 | License |
| 119 | ======= |
| 120 | |
| 121 | Copyright 2007 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
| 122 | belongs to its owner(s). |
| 123 | |
| 124 | The contents of this document are licensed under the |
| 125 | Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
| 126 | |
| 127 | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |