metadata/glsa/glsa-200503-31.xml

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<glsa id="200503-31">
  <title>Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
  <synopsis>
    Mozilla Firefox 1.0.2 fixes new security vulnerabilities, including the
    remote execution of arbitrary code through malicious GIF images or
    sidebars.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">Firefox</product>
  <announced>March 25, 2005</announced>
  <revised>March 25, 2005: 01</revised>
  <bug>86148</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="www-client/mozilla-firefox" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.0.2</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.0.2</vulnerable>
    </package>
    <package name="www-client/mozilla-firefox-bin" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.0.2</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.0.2</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    Mozilla Firefox is the popular next-generation browser from the
    Mozilla project.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    The following vulnerabilities were found and fixed in Mozilla
    Firefox:
    </p>
    <ul>
    <li>Mark Dowd from ISS X-Force reported an
    exploitable heap overrun in the GIF processing of obsolete Netscape
    extension 2 (CAN-2005-0399)</li>
    <li>Kohei Yoshino discovered that a
    page bookmarked as a sidebar could bypass privileges control
    (CAN-2005-0402)</li>
    <li>Michael Krax reported a new way to bypass XUL
    security restrictions through drag-and-drop of items like scrollbars
    (CAN-2005-0401)</li>
    </ul>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <ul>
    <li>The GIF heap overflow could be triggered by a malicious GIF
    image that would end up executing arbitrary code with the rights of the
    user running Firefox</li>
    <li>By tricking the user into bookmarking a
    malicious page as a Sidebar, a remote attacker could potentially
    execute arbitrary code with the rights of the user running the
    browser</li>
    <li>By setting up a malicious website and convincing users
    to obey very specific drag-and-drop instructions, attackers may
    leverage drag-and-drop features to bypass XUL security restrictions,
    which could be used as a stepping stone to exploit other
    vulnerabilities</li>
    </ul>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All Mozilla Firefox users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=www-client/mozilla-firefox-1.0.2&quot;</code>
    <p>
    All Mozilla Firefox binary users should upgrade to the latest
    version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=www-client/mozilla-firefox-bin-1.0.2&quot;</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0399">CAN-2005-0399</uri>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0401">CAN-2005-0401</uri>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0402">CAN-2005-0402</uri>
    <uri link="http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html">Mozilla Security Advisories</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Tue, 22 Mar 2005 09:29:52 +0000">
    koon
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Fri, 25 Mar 2005 12:27:17 +0000">
    koon
  </metadata>
</glsa>