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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Title: Mozilla Firefox: Potential remote code execution (GLSA 200605-06)
Severity: normal
Exploitable: remote
Date: May 06, 2006
Bug(s): #131138
ID: 200605-06

Synopsis


The Mozilla Firefox 1.5 line is vulnerable to a buffer overflow in the
JavaScript extension which may in theory lead to remote execution of
arbitrary code.


Background


Mozilla Firefox is the next-generation web browser from the
Mozilla project.


Affected Packages

Package: www-client/mozilla-firefox
Vulnerable: < 1.5.0.3
Unaffected: >= 1.5.0.3
Unaffected: < 1.5
Architectures: All supported architectures

Package: www-client/mozilla-firefox-bin
Vulnerable: < 1.5.0.3
Unaffected: >= 1.5.0.3
Unaffected: < 1.5
Architectures: All supported architectures


Description


Martijn Wargers and Nick Mott discovered a vulnerability when
rendering malformed JavaScript content. The Mozilla Firefox 1.0 line is
not affected.


Impact


If JavaScript is enabled, by tricking a user into visiting a
malicious web page which would send a specially crafted HTML script
that contains references to deleted objects with the "designMode"
property enabled, an attacker can crash the web browser and in theory
manage to execute arbitrary code with the rights of the user running
the browser.


Workaround


There is no known workaround at this time.


Resolution


All Mozilla Firefox 1.5 users should upgrade to the latest
version:
Code:
# emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/mozilla-firefox-1.5.0.3"

All Mozilla Firefox 1.5 binary users should upgrade to the
latest version:
Code:
# emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/mozilla-firefox-bin-1.5.0.3"


References

CVE-2006-1993


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