metadata/glsa/glsa-200701-02.xml

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<glsa id="200701-02">
  <title>Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
  <synopsis>
    Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Mozilla Firefox, some of
    which may allow the remote execution of arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">mozilla-firefox</product>
  <announced>January 04, 2007</announced>
  <revised>January 04, 2007: 01</revised>
  <bug>156023</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="www-client/mozilla-firefox" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.5.0.9</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.5.0.9</vulnerable>
    </package>
    <package name="www-client/mozilla-firefox-bin" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.5.0.9</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.5.0.9</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    Mozilla Firefox is a popular open-source web browser from the Mozilla
    Project.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    An anonymous researcher found evidence of memory corruption in the way
    Mozilla Firefox handles certain types of SVG comment DOM nodes.
    Additionally, Frederik Reiss discovered a heap-based buffer overflow in
    the conversion of a CSS cursor. Other issues with memory corruption
    were also fixed. Mozilla Firefox also contains less severe
    vulnerabilities involving JavaScript and Java.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    An 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. It is also possible for an attacker to
    perform cross-site scripting attacks, leading to the exposure of
    sensitive information, like user credentials.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There are no known workarounds for all the issues 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-1.5.0.9&quot;</code>
    <p>
    All Mozilla Firefox binary release users should upgrade to the latest
    version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=www-client/mozilla-firefox-bin-1.5.0.9&quot;</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6497">CVE-2006-6497</uri>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6498">CVE-2006-6498</uri>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6499">CVE-2006-6499</uri>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6500">CVE-2006-6500</uri>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6501">CVE-2006-6501</uri>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6502">CVE-2006-6502</uri>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6503">CVE-2006-6503</uri>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6504">CVE-2006-6504</uri>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6506">CVE-2006-6506</uri>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6507">CVE-2006-6507</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Thu, 28 Dec 2006 15:30:23 +0000">
    falco
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Thu, 28 Dec 2006 16:10:02 +0000">
    falco
  </metadata>
</glsa>