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Note: This is an archival copy of Security Sun Alert 200587 as previously published on http://sunsolve.sun.com. Latest version of this security advisory is available from http://support.oracle.com as Sun Alert 1000449.1. |
Category Security Release Phase Workaround Mozilla v1.7 Bug Id 6499440 Date of Workaround Release 22-OCT-2007 Impact The Layout Engine in the Mozilla 1.7 application (see mozilla(1)) contains multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities which may allow a remote user who is able to create a web page which is visited by a local user using the Mozilla browser, or who sends a specially crafted email that is read by a local user using Mozilla, to either cause the Mozilla application to crash or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Mozilla. The ability of a remote user to cause the Mozilla application to crash is a type of Denial of Service (DoS). The following Mozilla advisory describes four separate memory corruption issues: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-65.html This Sun Alert corresponds to two of the issues described in the Mozilla advisory above: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=307809 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=351328 Also note that Mozilla 1.7 is not affected by the following two vulnerabilities mentioned in the advisory: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=310267 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=350370 Additional references that describe these issues can be found in the following documents: CVE-2006-5464 at http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2006-5464 CERT VU#495288 at http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/495288 CERT Security Alert TA06-312A at http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-312A.html Contributing Factors These issues can occur in the following releases: SPARC Platform
x86 Platform
Note: Mozilla 1.4 may be vulnerable to one or more of these security issues. Customers are advised to upgrade to Mozilla 1.7 to get the security fixes once they are available. To determine the version of Mozilla on a Solaris system, the following command can be run: % /usr/sfw/bin/mozilla -version Mozilla 1.7, (Sun Java Desktop System), build 2005031721 Symptoms There are no predictable symptoms that would indicate the described issues have been exploited. Workaround These vulnerabilities may be avoided by disabling Javascript:
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