Product
Mozilla v1.7
Solaris 9 Operating System
Solaris 10 Operating System
Solaris 8 Operating System

Bug Id
6508397

Date of Workaround Release
07-JUN-2007

Date of Resolved Release
20-AUG-2007

Impact

The JavaScript Engine in the Mozilla 1.7 application (see mozilla(1)) contains a vulnerability 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).

This issue is described in the following documents:

• Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2006-68 at: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-68.html
• CVE-2006-6498 at: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6498
• CERT VU#447772 at: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/447772
• CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA06-354A at: http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-354A.html

Note: There are a total of 10 bugzilla bugs listed for CVE 2006-6498. Out of these bugs, only one bug (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=361346) is applicable to Sun Mozilla 1.7. The other 9 bugs are not applicable.

Contributing Factors

This issue can occur in the following releases:

SPARC Platform

• Mozilla 1.7 (for Solaris 8 and 9) without patch 120671-06
• Mozilla 1.7 (for Solaris 10) without patch 119115-29

x86 Platform

• Mozilla 1.7 (for Solaris 8 and 9) without patch 120672-06
• Mozilla 1.7 (for Solaris 10) without patch 119116-29

Note: Mozilla 1.4 may be vulnerable to this security issue. Customers are advised to upgrade to Mozilla 1.7 to get this security fix once it becomes 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 issue has been exploited.

Workaround

To work around the described issue, JavaScript can be disabled with the following steps:

1. Open the "Preferences" dialog from the Edit menu
2. Select the "Advanced" tree
3. Select the "Scripts & Plug-ins" leaf
4. Uncheck the "Navigator" and "Mail & Newsgroups" check boxes
5. Click the "OK" button

Resolution

This issue is addressed in the following releases:

SPARC Platform

• Mozilla 1.7 (for Solaris 8 and Solaris 9) with patch 120671-06 or later
• Mozilla 1.7 (for Solaris 10) with patch 119115-29 or later

x86 Platform

• Mozilla 1.7 (for Solaris 8 and Solaris 9) with patch 120672-06 or later
• Mozilla 1.7 (for Solaris 10) with patch 119116-29 or later

Modification History
Date: 03-JUL-2007

• Updated Contributing Factors and Resolution sections

Date: 20-AUG-2007

• State: Resolved
• Updated Contributing Factors and Resolution sections

References

119115-29
119116-29
120671-06
120672-06




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