Date: 08 February 2007
References: AL-2006.0027 ESB-2006.0487 AL-2006.0060
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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2007.0004 -- [Solaris]
Multiple Security Vulnerabilites in Mozilla 1.7 for Solaris 8, 9, and 10
8 February 2007
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Mozilla 1.7
Publisher: Sun Microsystems
Operating System: Solaris
Impact: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands
Read-only Data Access
Provide Misleading Information
Access: Remote/Unauthenticated
CVE Names: CVE-2006-3807 CVE-2006-3806 CVE-2006-3804
CVE-2006-2778 CVE-2006-2777 CVE-2006-1728
Ref: AL-2006.0027
ESB-2006.0487
AL-2006.0060
Original Bulletin:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/printfriendly.do?assetkey=1-26-102763-1
Revision History: February 8 2007: Patches now available for Solaris 8, 9
and 10 on both SPARC and x86 platforms
February 2 2007: Patches now available for Solaris 8
and 9
January 11 2007: Patches now available for Solaris 10
January 8 2007: Initial Release
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Sun(sm) Alert Notification
* Sun Alert ID: 102763
* Synopsis: Multiple Security Vulnerabilites in Mozilla 1.7 for
Solaris 8, 9, and 10
* Category: Security
* Product: Mozilla v1.7, Solaris 9 Operating System, Solaris 10
Operating System, Solaris 8 Operating System
* BugIDs: 6415123, 6447020, 6447021, 6458750, 6458753, 6458754
* Avoidance: Patch, Workaround
* State: Resolved
* Date Released: 04-Jan-2007, 06-Feb-2007
* Date Closed: 06-Feb-2007
* Date Modified: 08-Jan-2007, 31-Jan-2007, 06-Feb-2007
1. Impact
Multiple security vulnerabilities are present in Mozilla version 1.7
for Solaris 8, 9 and 10. These vulnerabilities may allow a remote
unprivileged user who controls a website that is visited by a local
user using the Mozilla browser, or in some cases by sending an email
that is read by a local user using Mozilla, to execute arbitrary code
with the privileges of the user running Mozilla.
Mozilla can be used as a web browser and editor, an irc client, an
email client and a news client.
For Mozilla 1.7 (Solaris 8, 9, and 10):
Bug 6415123
Mozilla contains a flaw within the "crypto.generateCRMFRequest" method
which may allow a remote user to execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the local user, including the installation of unknown
software.
This issue is described in the following documents:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2006-24.html
CERT VU# 932734 at http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/932734
CVE-2006-1728 at
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2006-1728
Bug 6447020
Web content could access the nsISelectionPrivate interface of the
"Selection" object and use it to add a SelectionListener. The listener
would be called when the user did a "Find" on the page or a "select
all". These notifications created in a privileged environment could
result in arbitrary code execution.
This issue is described in the following documents:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-43.html
CERT VU# 237257 at http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/237257
CVE-2006-2777 at
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2006-2777
Bug 6447021
An array index bug in crypto.signText() that results in overflowing an
allocated array of pointers by two when optional Certificate Authority
name arguments are passed in.
This issue is described in the following documents:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-38.html
CERT VU#421529 at http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/421529
CVE-2006-2778 at
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2006-2778
Bug 6458750
A VCard attachment with a malformed base64 field (such as a photo) can
trigger a heap buffer overwrite, which can be exploited.
This issue is described in the following documents:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-49.html
CERT VU#897540 at http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/897540
CVE-2006-3804 at
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2006-3804
Bug 6458753
Potential integer overflow issues with long strings in the toSource()
methods of the Object, Array and String objects as well as string
function arguments.
This issue is described in the following documents:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-50.html
CERT VU#655892 at http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/655892
CVE-2006-3806 at
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2006-3806
Bug 6458754
Java script constructors may be changed to return reference to
privileged objects which may be used to execute attacker supplied
code.
This issue is described in the following documents:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-51.html
CERT VU#687396 at http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/687396
CVE-2006-3807 at
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2006-3807
2. Contributing Factors
These issues can occur in the following releases:
SPARC Platform
* Mozilla 1.7 (for Solaris 8 and 9) without patch 120671-03
* Mozilla 1.7 (for Solaris 10) without patch 119115-21
x86 Platform
* Mozilla 1.7 (for Solaris 8 and 9) without patch 120672-03
* Mozilla 1.7 (for Solaris 10) without patch 119116-21
Note: Mozilla 1.4 may be vulnerable to one or more of these security
issues. Customers are advised to upgrade to Mozilla 1.7 to remedy
these issues.
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
3. Symptoms
There are no predictable symptoms that would indicate the described
issues have been exploited.
4. Relief/Workaround
Issues pertaining to JavaScript may be worked around by disabling
JavaScript. To do this in Mozilla:
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
There is no workaround for those issues mentioned which do not pertain
to JavaScript.
5. Resolution
These issues are addressed in the following releases:
SPARC Platform
* Mozilla 1.7 (for Solaris 8 and 9) with patch 120671-03 or
later
* Mozilla 1.7 (for Solaris 10) with patch 119115-21 or later
x86 Platform
* Mozilla 1.7 (for Solaris 8 and 9) with patch 120672-03 or
later
* Mozilla 1.7 (for Solaris 10) with patch 119116-21 or later
Change History
08-Jan-2007:
* Updated Contributing Factors and Resolution sections
31-Jan-2007:
* Updated Contributing Factors and Resolution sections
06-Feb-2007:
* Updated Contributing Factors and Resolution sections
* State: Resolved
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