Bug Id
6786624

Product
Firefox 2.0
Solaris 10 Operating System
OpenSolaris

Date of Resolved Release
07-Apr-2009

Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in Firefox Versions Before 2.0.0.19 May Allow Execution of Arbitrary Code or Access to Unauthorized Data

1. Impact

Multiple security vulnerabilities in firefox(1) versions prior to 2.0.0.19 shipped with Solaris 10 may allow an unprivileged remote user to execute arbitrary code on the system where firefox(1) is being run, gain unauthorized access to sensitive data, perform Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks to bypass access controls, read or modify data in other web sites, or inject code into web pages to obtain sensitive data from the user or information stored in cookies

Certain vulnerabilities may also allow a user to crash the firefox(1) application which is a type of Denial of Service (DoS).

The following URL provides additional details about the vulnerabilities addressed in Firefox versions prior to 2.0.0.19:

http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox20.html

The following CVEs correspond to the Mozilla Foundation Security Advisories referenced in the above URL for Firefox versions 2.0.0.15 through 2.0.0.19:


2. Contributing Factors

These issues can occur in the following releases:

SPARC Platform

• Firefox 2.0 for Solaris 10 without patch 125539-06
• OpenSolaris based upon builds snv_89 through snv_94

x86 Platform

• Firefox 2.0 for Solaris 10 without patch 125540-06
• OpenSolaris based upon builds snv_89 through snv_94

Notes:

1. Solaris 8 and Solaris 9 do not ship Firefox and therefore are not affected by these issues.
2. Firefox 2.x is no longer shipped with OpenSolaris starting with snv_95 which includes Firefox 3.x.

3. Symptoms

There are no predictable symptoms that would indicate the described issues have been exploited.

4. Workaround

For the following Mozilla Foundation Security Advisories there is a workaround of disabling Java Script:


For Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory MFSA 2008-35, the following is a workaround:

This attack only works if the user is using another internet-connected application with Firefox not running. Using Firefox, or making sure it is at least running, prevents this attack.

For Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory MFSA 2008-40, the following is a workaround:


5. Resolution

These issues are addressed in the following releases:

SPARC Platform

• Firefox 2.0 for Solaris 10 with patch 125539-06 or later
• OpenSolaris based upon builds snv_95 or later

x86 Platform

• Firefox 2.0 for Solaris 10 with patch 125540-06 or later
• OpenSolaris based upon builds snv_95 or later

For more information on Security Sun Alerts, see 1009886.1.

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References

125539-06
125540-06





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