[Full-disclosure] [ GLSA 200507-14 ] Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities

From: Thierry Carrez (koon_at_gentoo.org)
Date: 07/15/05

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    Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200507-14
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      Severity: Normal
         Title: Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities
          Date: July 15, 2005
          Bugs: #95199
            ID: 200507-14

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    Synopsis
    ========

    Several vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox allow attacks ranging from
    execution of script code with elevated privileges to information leak.

    Background
    ==========

    Mozilla Firefox is the next-generation web browser from the Mozilla
    project.

    Affected packages
    =================

        -------------------------------------------------------------------
         Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
        -------------------------------------------------------------------
      1 www-client/mozilla-firefox < 1.0.5 >= 1.0.5
      2 www-client/mozilla-firefox-bin < 1.0.5 >= 1.0.5
        -------------------------------------------------------------------
         2 affected packages on all of their supported architectures.
        -------------------------------------------------------------------

    Description
    ===========

    The following vulnerabilities were found and fixed in Mozilla Firefox:

    * "moz_bug_r_a4" and "shutdown" discovered that Firefox was
      improperly cloning base objects (MFSA 2005-56).

    * Michael Krax reported that Firefox was not correctly handling
      JavaScript URLs from external applications (MFSA 2005-53), and that
      the "Set as wallpaper" function in versions 1.0.3 and 1.0.4 could be
      abused to load JavaScript (MFSA 2005-47).

    * Several researchers reported ways to trick Firefox into accepting
      events generated by web content (MFSA 2005-45).

    * Kohei Yoshino discovered a new way to inject script from the
      sidebar panel using data: (MFSA 2005-49).

    * "moz_bug_r_a4" reported that Firefox failed to validate XHTML DOM
      nodes properly (MFSA 2005-55), and that XBL scripts ran even when
      Javascript is disabled (MFSA 2005-46).

    * "shutdown" discovered a possibly exploitable crash in
      InstallVersion.compareTo (MFSA 2005-50).

    * Finally, Secunia discovered that a child frame can call top.focus()
      even if the framing page comes from a different origin and has
      overridden the focus() routine (MFSA 2005-52), and that the frame
      injection spoofing bug fixed in 1.0.2 was mistakenly reintroduced in
      1.0.3 and 1.0.4 (MFSA 2005-51).

    Impact
    ======

    A remote attacker could craft malicious web pages that would leverage
    these issues to inject and execute arbitrary script code with elevated
    privileges, steal cookies or other information from web pages, or spoof
    content.

    Workaround
    ==========

    There are no known workarounds for all the issues at this time.

    Resolution
    ==========

    All Mozilla Firefox users should upgrade to the latest version:

        # emerge --sync
        # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/mozilla-firefox-1.0.5"

    All Mozilla Firefox binary users should upgrade to the latest version:

        # emerge --sync
        # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
    ">=www-client/mozilla-firefox-bin-1.0.5"

    References
    ==========

      [ 1 ] Mozilla Foundation Security Advisories

    http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#Firefox

    Availability
    ============

    This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
    the Gentoo Security Website:

      http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200507-14.xml

    Concerns?
    =========

    Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
    confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
    importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
    security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
    http://bugs.gentoo.org.

    License
    =======

    Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
    belongs to its owner(s).

    The contents of this document are licensed under the
    Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0

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