Note: This is an archival copy of Security Sun Alert 228526 as previously published on http://sunsolve.sun.com. Latest version of this security advisory is available from http://support.oracle.com as Sun Alert 1017428.1. |
Category Security Release Phase Resolved 6412730, 6415128, 6415131, 6415133, 6415135, 6415138, 6415142, 6415143, 6424493, 6424545, 6424548, 6424551, 6424560, 6424563, 6424567, 6424568, 6424573, 6424574, 6424577, 6424579 Product Mozilla 1.4 for Solaris Mozilla 1.4 for Linux Mozilla v1.7 Date of Workaround Release 22-AUG-2006 Date of Resolved Release 08-Sep-2008 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in Mozilla 1.4 and 1.7 for Solaris and for Sun JDS for Linux 1. Impact Multiple security vulnerabilities are present in Mozilla version 1.4 (Solaris 8 and 9) and Mozilla version 1.7 (Solaris 8, 9 and 10) and under Sun Java Desktop System (JDS) for Linux. (Mozilla can be used as a web browser and editor, an irc client, an email client, and a news client). These issues may allow a remote unprivileged user who controls a website that is visited by a local user using the Mozilla browser to execute code with elevated privileges, gain unauthorized access to data stored on the local machine, or cause a Denial of Service (DoS) to the Mozilla browser. Bug 6415128 - For Mozilla 1.4 and 1.7: Mozilla contains an integer overflow flaw within the CSS letter spacing property. This flaw may result in a remote user executing arbitrary code with the privileges of the local user when an affected site is visited. This issue is described in the following documents: Bug 6415131 - For Mozilla 1.4 and 1.7: Mozilla contains a flaw within the XBL bindings which may allow a remote user the ability to execute JavaScript code within the XBL bindings with the privileges of the local user when an affected site is visited. This issue is described in the following documents: Bug 6415133 - For Mozilla 1.4 and 1.7: Mozilla contains a flaw within the "Object.watch" method which may allow a remote user the ability to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with the privileges of the local user when an affected site is visited. This issue is described in the following documents: Bug 6415135 - For Mozilla 1.4 and 1.7: Mozilla contains a flaw within the "eval" method of the XBL bindings which may allow a remote user the ability to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with the privileges of the local user when an affected site is visited. This issue is described in the following documents: Bug 6415138 - For Mozilla 1.4 and 1.7: Mozilla contains a flaw within the processing of HTML tags that may allow a remote user the ability to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the local user when an affected site is visited. This issue is described in the following documents: Mozilla contains a flaw within the "XULDocument.presist" method which may allow a remote attacker to inject XML into the localstore (localstore.rdf) when an affected site is visited. The injected XML might be acted upon at startup thus executing arbitrary code. This issue is described in the following documents: Bug 6424493 - For Mozilla 1.4 and 1.7: Mozilla contains a flaw that may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the local user when a site is viewed with an invalid order for the table related tags. This issue is described in the following documents: Bug 6424545 - For Mozilla 1.4 and 1.7: Mozilla contains a flaw that may allow a remote attacker to gain "chrome" privilege when using the print preview feature of the browser. This issue is described in the following documents: Bug 6424548 - For Mozilla 1.4 and 1.7: Mozilla contains a flaw that may allow a remote attacker the ability to read any local file when a site is viewed. This issue is described in the following documents: Bug 6424551 - For Mozilla 1.4 and 1.7: Mozilla Mail contains a flaw that may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript when a mail message is forwarded as embedded text. This issue is described in the following documents: Bug 6424560 - For Mozilla 1.4 and 1.7: Mozilla contains a flaw within ".valueOf.call()" and ".valueOf.apply()" that may allow a remote attacker to inject script into another window. This issue is described in the following documents: Bug 6424563 - For Mozilla 1.4 and 1.7: Mozilla contains a flaw within the "window.controllers" array that may allow a malicious site to inject script into content from another site. This issue is described in the following documents: Bug 6424567 - For Mozilla 1.4 and 1.7: Mozilla contains a flaw with the handling of layered transparent images that may allow a malicious site to convince visitors to save the image and then fool them by uploading an executable instead. Should the user later double-click the saved "image" within a file manager, it would be executing with the privileges of the local user. This issue is described in the following documents: Bug 6424568 - For Mozilla 1.4 and 1.7: Mozilla contains a flaw in the browser's secure-site indicators that may allow a malicious site to spoof a local user into thinking they are still at a secure site. This issue is described in the following documents: Bug 6415143 - For Mozilla 1.4 and 1.7: Mozilla contains a flaw within DHTML which may allow a remote user the ability to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the local user when an affected site is visited. This issue is described in the following documents: Bug 6415142 - For Mozilla 1.4 and 1.7: Mozilla contains several flaws that may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. There exists a buffer overflow within the CSS border-rendering code that may allow the remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. There exists a 16-bit integer overflow that may allow a remote attacker to execute the supplied data as JavaScript bytecode. When programmatically changing the "-moz-grid" and "-moz-grid-group" display styles, a remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code. There exists a buffer overflow within the "InstallTrigger.install()" method that was introduced by the fix for mfsa2005-58. This issue is described in the following documents: Bug 6424573 - For Mozilla 1.4 and 1.7: Mozilla contains a flaw within the JavaScript engine for routines that use temporary variables. This flaw may allow a malicious site to execute arbitrary code including installing software as the local user. This issue is described in the following documents: Bug 6424574 - For Mozilla 1.4 and 1.7: Mozilla contains a flaw that may allow a malicious site to inject JavaScript code into a new site using a modal alert. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to steal confidential information that the new site might contain. This issue is described in the following documents: Bug 6424577 - For Mozilla 1.4 and 1.7: Mozilla contains a flaw which may allow a Denial of Service (DOS) to occur when the browser displays a very long title. This issue is described in the following documents: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2006-03.html Bug 6424579 - For Mozilla 1.4 and 1.7: Mozilla contains a flaw within the JavaScript engine which may cause a temporary variable to be freed during garbage collection. This flaw may be used by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the local user. This issue is described in the following documents: 2. Contributing Factors This issue can occur in the following releases: SPARC Platform
x86 Platform
Linux Platform
Note: These issues (for Mozilla 1.4) only occur with Mozilla versions "mozilla-1.4.1-224b" or earlier. 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 To determine the release of JDS for Linux installed on a system, the following command can be run: % cat /etc/sun-release Sun Java Desktop System, Release 2 -build 10b (GA) Assembled 30 March 2004 To determine the version of Mozilla on a Linux system, the following command (on JDS for Linux) can be run: % rpm -qf /usr/bin/mozilla mozilla-1.4.1-224b 3. Symptoms There are no predictable symptoms that would indicate the described issues have been exploited. 4. Workaround Different issues will require different workarounds, as described in the following options/examples: A) Disable JavaScript. To do this in Mozilla:
Or:
B) Visit only trusted web sites. C) Use the default mail message embedding when forwarding a mail message. This can be done by setting the forwarding preference:
D) Only download images from trusted web sites. E) Turn off the "Entering encrypted site" warning dialog. To do this in Mozilla:
F) Turn off the browser history. To do this in Mozilla:
Or:
G) Remove the "history.dat" file. This can be done by running the following commands: % cd $HOME/.mozilla/<profile>/* % rm history.dat All of these issues can be resolved by downloading and installing/upgrading to the latest Mozilla version from the Mozilla community website at http://www.mozilla.org/releases/#1.7.13 Linux Platform
5. Resolution This issue is addressed in the following releases: SPARC Platform
x86 Platform
Or from the Mozilla community website at http://www.mozilla.org/releases/#1.7.13 Note: For additional issues regarding patch 119116-19, please see Sun Alert 102612 Linux Platform
For more information
on Security Sun Alerts, see 1009886.1. Modification History 26-Oct-2006: Updated Resolution section 07-Dec-2006: Updated Contributing Factors and Resolution sections 04-Jan-2007: Updated Contributing Factors 08-Sep-2008: Updated Workaround section for Linux; republish Resolved References119115-19119116-19 120671-02 120672-02 Attachments This solution has no attachment |
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