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Gentoo: Mozilla products Multiple vulnerabilities Print E-mail
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Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas   
Gentoo Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey and XULRunner, some of which may allow user-assisted arbitrary remote code execution.
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200708-09
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  Severity: Normal
     Title: Mozilla products: Multiple vulnerabilities
      Date: August 14, 2007
      Bugs: #185737, #187205
        ID: 200708-09

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Mozilla Firefox,
Thunderbird, SeaMonkey and XULRunner, some of which may allow
user-assisted arbitrary remote code execution.

Background
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Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser from the Mozilla Project,
and Mozilla Thunderbird an email client. The SeaMonkey project is a
community effort to deliver production-quality releases of code derived
=66rom the application formerly known as the 'Mozilla Application Suite'.
XULRunner is a Mozilla runtime package that can be used to bootstrap
XUL+XPCOM applications like Firefox and Thunderbird.

Affected packages
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    -------------------------------------------------------------------
     Package                  /  Vulnerable  /              Unaffected
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
  1  mozilla-firefox              < 2.0.0.6                 >=3D 2.0.0.6
  2  mozilla-firefox-bin          < 2.0.0.6                 >=3D 2.0.0.6
  3  mozilla-thunderbird          < 2.0.0.6                 >=3D 2.0.0.6
  4  mozilla-thunderbird-bin      < 2.0.0.6                 >=3D 2.0.0.6
  5  seamonkey                     < 1.1.4                    >=3D 1.1.4
  6  seamonkey-bin                 < 1.1.4                    >=3D 1.1.4
  7  xulrunner                    < 1.8.1.6                 >=3D 1.8.1.6
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
     7 affected packages on all of their supported architectures.
    -------------------------------------------------------------------

Description
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Mozilla developers fixed several bugs, including an issue with
modifying XPCNativeWrappers (CVE-2007-3738), a problem with event
handlers executing elements outside of the document (CVE-2007-3737),
and a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability (CVE-2007-3736). They
also fixed a problem with promiscuous IFRAME access (CVE-2007-3089) and
an XULRunner URL spoofing issue with the wyciwyg:// URI and HTTP 302
redirects (CVE-2007-3656). Denials of Service involving corrupted
memory were fixed in the browser engine (CVE-2007-3734) and the
JavaScript engine (CVE-2007-3735). Finally, another XSS vulnerability
caused by a regression in the CVE-2007-3089 patch was fixed
(CVE-2007-3844).

Impact
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A remote attacker could entice a user to view a specially crafted web
page that will trigger one of the vulnerabilities, possibly leading to
the execution of arbitrary code or a Denial of Service. It is also
possible for an attacker to perform cross-site scripting attacks, which
could result in the exposure of sensitive information such as login
credentials.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Mozilla Firefox users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=3Dwww-client/mozilla-firefox-2.0.=
0.6"

All Mozilla Firefox binary users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=3Dwww-client/mozilla-firefox-bin-=
2.0.0.6"

All Mozilla Thunderbird users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=3Dmail-client/mozilla-thunderbird=
-2.0.0.6"

All Mozilla Thunderbird binary users should upgrade to the latest
version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=3Dmail-client/mozilla-thunderbird=
-bin-2.0.0.6"

All SeaMonkey users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=3Dwww-client/seamonkey-1.1.4"

All SeaMonkey binary users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=3Dwww-client/seamonkey-bin-1.1.4"

All XULRunner users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=3Dnet-libs/xulrunner-1.8.1.6"

References
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  [ 1 ] CVE-2007-3089
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=3DCVE-2007-3089
  [ 2 ] CVE-2007-3656
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=3DCVE-2007-3656
  [ 3 ] CVE-2007-3734
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=3DCVE-2007-3734
  [ 4 ] CVE-2007-3735
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=3DCVE-2007-3735
  [ 5 ] CVE-2007-3736
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=3DCVE-2007-3736
  [ 6 ] CVE-2007-3737
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=3DCVE-2007-3737
  [ 7 ] CVE-2007-3738
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=3DCVE-2007-3738
  [ 8 ] CVE-2007-3844
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=3DCVE-2007-3844

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200708-09.xml

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2007 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
 
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