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diff --git a/metadata/glsa/glsa-200504-18.xml b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200504-18.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..4f6c4b11a339 --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200504-18.xml @@ -0,0 +1,134 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> +<glsa id="200504-18"> + <title>Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Suite: Multiple vulnerabilities</title> + <synopsis> + New Mozilla Firefox and Mozilla Suite releases fix new security + vulnerabilities, including memory disclosure and various ways of executing + JavaScript code with elevated privileges. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">Mozilla</product> + <announced>2005-04-19</announced> + <revised count="02">2006-05-22</revised> + <bug>89303</bug> + <bug>89305</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="www-client/mozilla-firefox" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">1.0.3</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">1.0.3</vulnerable> + </package> + <package name="www-client/mozilla-firefox-bin" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">1.0.3</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">1.0.3</vulnerable> + </package> + <package name="www-client/mozilla" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">1.7.7</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">1.7.7</vulnerable> + </package> + <package name="www-client/mozilla-bin" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">1.7.7</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">1.7.7</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + The Mozilla Suite is a popular all-in-one web browser that includes a + mail and news reader. Mozilla Firefox is the next-generation browser + from the Mozilla project. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + The following vulnerabilities were found and fixed in the Mozilla Suite + and Mozilla Firefox: + </p> + <ul> + <li>Vladimir V. Perepelitsa reported a memory disclosure bug in + JavaScript's regular expression string replacement when using an + anonymous function as the replacement argument (CAN-2005-0989).</li> + <li>moz_bug_r_a4 discovered that Chrome UI code was overly trusting DOM + nodes from the content window, allowing privilege escalation via DOM + property overrides.</li> + <li>Michael Krax reported a possibility to run JavaScript code with + elevated privileges through the use of javascript: favicons.</li> + <li>Michael Krax also discovered that malicious Search plugins could + run JavaScript in the context of the displayed page or stealthily + replace existing search plugins.</li> + <li>shutdown discovered a technique to pollute the global scope of a + window in a way that persists from page to page.</li> + <li>Doron Rosenberg discovered a possibility to run JavaScript with + elevated privileges when the user asks to "Show" a blocked popup that + contains a JavaScript URL.</li> + <li>Finally, Georgi Guninski reported missing Install object instance + checks in the native implementations of XPInstall-related JavaScript + objects.</li> + </ul> + <p> + The following Firefox-specific vulnerabilities have also been + discovered: + </p> + <ul> + <li>Kohei Yoshino discovered a new way to abuse the sidebar panel to + execute JavaScript with elevated privileges.</li> + <li>Omar Khan reported that the Plugin Finder Service can be tricked to + open javascript: URLs with elevated privileges.</li> + </ul> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + The various JavaScript execution with elevated privileges issues can be + exploited by a remote attacker to install malicious code or steal data. + The memory disclosure issue can be used to reveal potentially sensitive + information. Finally, the cache pollution issue and search plugin abuse + can be leveraged in cross-site-scripting attacks. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All Mozilla Firefox users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/mozilla-firefox-1.0.3"</code> + <p> + All Mozilla Firefox binary users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/mozilla-firefox-bin-1.0.3"</code> + <p> + All Mozilla Suite users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/mozilla-1.7.7"</code> + <p> + All Mozilla Suite binary users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/mozilla-bin-1.7.7"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="https://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html">Mozilla Security Advisories</uri> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0989">CAN-2005-0989</uri> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-1153">CVE-2005-1153</uri> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-1154">CVE-2005-1154</uri> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-1155">CVE-2005-1155</uri> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-1156">CVE-2005-1156</uri> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-1159">CVE-2005-1159</uri> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-1160">CVE-2005-1160</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2005-04-18T08:55:50Z"> + koon + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2005-04-19T05:17:09Z"> + jaervosz + </metadata> +</glsa> |