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Debian: New Mozilla Firefox packages fix several vulnerabilities
Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas
Several security related problems have been discovered in Mozilla and derived products like Mozilla Firefox. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2006-3805 CVE-2006-3806 CVE-2006-3807 CVE-2006-3808 CVE-2006-3809 CVE-2006-3811
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Debian Security Advisory DSA 1161-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze
August 29th, 2006 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : mozilla-firefox
Vulnerability : several
Problem type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE IDs : CVE-2006-3805 CVE-2006-3806 CVE-2006-3807 CVE-2006-3808
CVE-2006-3809 CVE-2006-3811
CERT advisories: VU#655892 VU#687396 VU#876420
BugTraq ID : 19181
Several security related problems have been discovered in Mozilla and
derived products like Mozilla Firefox. The Common Vulnerabilities and
Exposures project identifies the following vulnerabilities:
CVE-2006-3805
The Javascript engine might allow remote attackers to execute
arbitrary code. [MFSA-2006-50]
CVE-2006-3806
Multiple integer overflows in the Javascript engine might allow
remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. [MFSA-2006-50]
CVE-2006-3807
Specially crafted Javascript allows remote attackers to execute
arbitrary code. [MFSA-2006-51]
CVE-2006-3808
Remote AutoConfig (PAC) servers could execute code with elevated
privileges via a specially crafted PAC script. [MFSA-2006-52]
CVE-2006-3809
Scripts with the UniversalBrowserRead privilege could gain
UniversalXPConnect privileges and possibly execute code or obtain
sensitive data. [MFSA-2006-53]
CVE-2006-3811
Multiple vulnerabilities allow remote attackers to cause a denial
of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code.
[MFSA-2006-55]
For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in
version 1.0.4-2sarge10.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in
version 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.5-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your mozilla-firefox package.
Upgrade Instructions
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wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given at the end of this advisory:
apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge
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Source archives:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla-firefox/mozilla-firefox_1.0.4-2sarge10.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 1003 09583ca7a6bd470e092c5226528ae80c
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla-firefox/mozilla-firefox_1.0.4-2sarge10.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 419119 3618884176a92d3ac97022e074188e77
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla-firefox/mozilla-firefox_1.0.4.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 40212297 8e4ba81ad02c7986446d4e54e978409d
Alpha architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla-firefox/mozilla-firefox_1.0.4-2sarge10_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 11176644 0b0ab73f6c4deebad034c9c5f604d3a0
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla-firefox/mozilla-firefox-dom-inspector_1.0.4-2sarge10_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 169796 fbfddc6581dd0c7389a6445ecb0ec3f9
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla-firefox/mozilla-firefox-gnome-support_1.0.4-2sarge10_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 61598 b07ab088199007de44282145a7721fc3
AMD64 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla-firefox/mozilla-firefox_1.0.4-2sarge10_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 9405310 33590c4e5998a0b7fa9a26b281e7da3c
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla-firefox/mozilla-firefox-dom-inspector_1.0.4-2sarge10_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 164566 aceef401edf65c2633f27aad978396dc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla-firefox/mozilla-firefox-gnome-support_1.0.4-2sarge10_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 60122 d5250c9fb83f1b7c67123a1bf2191840
ARM architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla-firefox/mozilla-firefox_1.0.4-2sarge10_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 8228178 aed4e4dbbeefc391454e3f7aebc63a15
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla-firefox/mozilla-firefox-dom-inspector_1.0.4-2sarge10_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 156018 440374f401628e71f4f01057e0418c2c
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla-firefox/mozilla-firefox-gnome-support_1.0.4-2sarge10_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 55444 02d92e0752b89ff7b049252b6c327300
Intel IA-32 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla-firefox/mozilla-firefox_1.0.4-2sarge10_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 8904976 b2441882b3107c287ce1cf4414b7440f
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla-firefox/mozilla-firefox-dom-inspector_1.0.4-2sarge10_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 159774 18cb2b3db08016bc6c4526574f3b72de
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla-firefox/mozilla-firefox-gnome-support_1.0.4-2sarge10_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 56992 00e9d8fc0cf7b22666627876851a365b
Intel IA-64 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla-firefox/mozilla-firefox_1.0.4-2sarge10_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 11638750 9e7e3b0aee30e3a80a0eec0515d81258
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla-firefox/mozilla-firefox-dom-inspector_1.0.4-2sarge10_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 170104 d6dc6f919293d517ef990cb46060d115
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla-firefox/mozilla-firefox-gnome-support_1.0.4-2sarge10_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 64798 9532185c638659206c6627f5857698ff
HP Precision architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla-firefox/mozilla-firefox_1.0.4-2sarge10_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 10281754 c5ec2b8d56096c9efb0efab75dcc9171
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla-firefox/mozilla-firefox-dom-inspector_1.0.4-2sarge10_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 167484 9e8718e775368564fc6f691e214f651c
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla-firefox/mozilla-firefox-gnome-support_1.0.4-2sarge10_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 60578 65426b32ec4d7f2f7fb397aadae7b173
Motorola 680x0 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla-firefox/mozilla-firefox_1.0.4-2sarge10_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 8180240 2786b8b54f2748023752d1aec5899fe2
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla-firefox/mozilla-firefox-dom-inspector_1.0.4-2sarge10_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 158648 869e3cacfa86e6cc68fcb9d98f081607
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla-firefox/mozilla-firefox-gnome-support_1.0.4-2sarge10_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 56246 2f14d625a593d86ef0c13c8b7f1391e5
Big endian MIPS architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla-firefox/mozilla-firefox_1.0.4-2sarge10_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 9939504 c18bb8875373e0e1dd707ad9a6778d87
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla-firefox/mozilla-firefox-dom-inspector_1.0.4-2sarge10_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 157580 8ebfe5494e67be102f9ef48f9af06d82
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla-firefox/mozilla-firefox-gnome-support_1.0.4-2sarge10_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 57268 a4bd50f5614dace6e1d524372b4d3435
Little endian MIPS architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla-firefox/mozilla-firefox_1.0.4-2sarge10_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 9814412 363c45d54885eee9c6f4c6e0116a68ed
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla-firefox/mozilla-firefox-dom-inspector_1.0.4-2sarge10_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 157128 cb46a82ef943f94f10c0224efdb2a336
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla-firefox/mozilla-firefox-gnome-support_1.0.4-2sarge10_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 57090 6971eb188d7dbdf22b032c91ae145111
PowerPC architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla-firefox/mozilla-firefox_1.0.4-2sarge10_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 8576282 1c61ed7a704bed95e6186e5fc1ffb25a
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla-firefox/mozilla-firefox-dom-inspector_1.0.4-2sarge10_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 158190 3ab95e22b86f243140f22687feed25af
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla-firefox/mozilla-firefox-gnome-support_1.0.4-2sarge10_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 59370 5cc17f0992b7425b0f8c55422683f453
IBM S/390 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla-firefox/mozilla-firefox_1.0.4-2sarge10_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 9643386 9d62f4ad6fb018b9f6dc3b1e48e11aba
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla-firefox/mozilla-firefox-dom-inspector_1.0.4-2sarge10_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 165116 ab405fffa91e4ac0ab18891dfb763d28
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla-firefox/mozilla-firefox-gnome-support_1.0.4-2sarge10_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 59560 c7d8aec75403e3fde0e812bac573383a
Sun Sparc architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla-firefox/mozilla-firefox_1.0.4-2sarge10_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 8667678 c65257545e9562877989ca3275df27c0
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla-firefox/mozilla-firefox-dom-inspector_1.0.4-2sarge10_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 158394 94580d49c505b103d2b60b69022af5ab
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla-firefox/mozilla-firefox-gnome-support_1.0.4-2sarge10_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 55812 c0f3f408ea170b5c3b2f6e4542c52b5c
These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
its next update.
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For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
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