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Debian Security Advisory DSA 1044-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze
April 26th, 2006 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : mozilla-firefox
Vulnerability : several
Problem type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE IDs : CVE-2006-0293 CVE-2006-0292 CVE-2005-4134 CVE-2006-0296 CVE-2006-1741
CVE-2006-1742 CVE-2006-1737 CVE-2006-1738 CVE-2006-1739 CVE-2006-1790
CVE-2006-1740 CVE-2006-1736 CVE-2006-1735 CVE-2006-1734 CVE-2006-1733
CVE-2006-1732 CVE-2006-0749 CVE-2006-1731 CVE-2006-1730 CVE-2006-1729
CVE-2006-1728 CVE-2006-1727 CVE-2006-0748
CERT advisories: VU#179014 VU#252324 VU#329500 VU#488774 VU#492382 VU#592425 VU#736934
VU#813230 VU#842094 VU#932734 VU#935556
BugTraq IDs : 15773 16476 17516
Debian Bugs : 363935 362656



Several security related problems have been discovered in Mozilla
Firefox. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies
the following vulnerabilities:

CVE-2005-4134

Web pages with extremely long titles cause subsequent launches of
the browser to appear to "hang" for up to a few minutes, or even
crash if the computer has insufficient memory. [MFSA-2006-03]

CVE-2006-0292

The Javascript interpreter does not properly dereference objects,
which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or
execute arbitrary code. [MFSA-2006-01]

CVE-2006-0293

The function allocation code allows attackers to cause a denial of
service and possibly execute arbitrary code. [MFSA-2006-01]

CVE-2006-0296

XULDocument.persist() did not validate the attribute name,
allowing an attacker to inject arbitrary XML and JavaScript code
into localstore.rdf that would be read and acted upon during
startup. [MFSA-2006-05]

CVE-2006-0748

An anonymous researcher for TippingPoint and the Zero Day
Initiative reported that an invalid and nonsensical ordering of
table-related tags can be exploited to execute arbitrary code.
[MFSA-2006-27]

CVE-2006-0749

A particular sequence of HTML tags can cause memory corruption
that can be exploited to exectute arbitary code. [MFSA-2006-18]

CVE-2006-1727

Georgi Guninski reported two variants of using scripts in an XBL
control to gain chrome privileges when the page is viewed under
"Print Preview".under "Print Preview". [MFSA-2006-25]

CVE-2006-1728

"shutdown" discovered that the crypto.generateCRMFRequest method
can be used to run arbitrary code with the privilege of the user
running the browser, which could enable an attacker to install
malware. [MFSA-2006-24]

CVE-2006-1729

Claus Jørgensen reported that a text input box can be pre-filled
with a filename and then turned into a file-upload control,
allowing a malicious website to steal any local file whose name
they can guess. [MFSA-2006-23]

CVE-2006-1730

An anonymous researcher for TippingPoint and the Zero Day
Initiative discovered an integer overflow triggered by the CSS
letter-spacing property, which could be exploited to execute
arbitrary code. [MFSA-2006-22]

CVE-2006-1731

"moz_bug_r_a4" discovered that some internal functions return
prototypes instead of objects, which allows remote attackers to
conduct cross-site scripting attacks. [MFSA-2006-19]

CVE-2006-1732

"shutdown" discovered that it is possible to bypass same-origin
protections, allowing a malicious site to inject script into
content from another site, which could allow the malicious page to
steal information such as cookies or passwords from the other
site, or perform transactions on the user's behalf if the user
were already logged in. [MFSA-2006-17]

CVE-2006-1733

"moz_bug_r_a4" discovered that the compilation scope of privileged
built-in XBL bindings is not fully protected from web content and
can still be executed which could be used to execute arbitrary
JavaScript, which could allow an attacker to install malware such
as viruses and password sniffers. [MFSA-2006-16]

CVE-2006-1734

"shutdown" discovered that it is possible to access an internal
function object which could then be used to run arbitrary
JavaScriptcode with full permissions of the user running the
browser, which could be used to install spyware or viruses.
[MFSA-2006-15]

CVE-2006-1735

It is possible to create JavaScript functions that would get
compiled with the wrong privileges, allowing an attacker to run
code of their choice with full permissions of the user running the
browser, which could be used to install spyware or viruses.
[MFSA-2006-14]

CVE-2006-1736

It is possible to trick users into downloading and saving an
executable file via an image that is overlaid by a transparent
image link that points to the executable. [MFSA-2006-13]

CVE-2006-1737

An integer overflow allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
service and possibly execute arbitrary bytecode via JavaScript
with a large regular expression. [MFSA-2006-11]

CVE-2006-1738

An unspecified vulnerability allows remote attackers to cause a
denial of service. [MFSA-2006-11]

CVE-2006-1739

Certain Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) can cause an out-of-bounds
array write and buffer overflow that could lead to a denial of
service and the possible execution of arbitrary code. [MFSA-2006-11]

CVE-2006-1740

It is possible for remote attackers to spoof secure site
indicators such as the locked icon by opening the trusted site in
a popup window, then changing the location to a malicious site.
[MFSA-2006-12]

CVE-2006-1741

"shutdown" discovered that it is possible to inject arbitrary
JavaScript code into a page on another site using a modal alert to
suspend an event handler while a new page is being loaded. This
could be used to steal confidential information. [MFSA-2006-09]

CVE-2006-1742

Igor Bukanov discovered that the JavaScript engine does not
properly handle temporary variables, which might allow remote
attackers to trigger operations on freed memory and cause memory
corruption, causing memory corruption. [MFSA-2006-10]

CVE-2006-1790

A regression fix that could lead to memory corruption allows
remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute
arbitrary code. [MFSA-2006-11]

For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in
version 1.0.4-2sarge6.

For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in
version 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.2-2.

We recommend that you upgrade your Mozilla Firefox packages.


Upgrade Instructions
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wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.

If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:

apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages

You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.


Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge
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Source archives:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla-firefox/mozilla-firefox_1.0.4-2sarge6.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 1001 09c185f1a695fd7b01494c7612e123bf
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla-firefox/mozilla-firefox_1.0.4-2sarge6.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 381739 0582bbb1766855b1e82c25a39109480a
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla-firefox/mozilla-firefox_1.0.4.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 40212297 8e4ba81ad02c7986446d4e54e978409d

Alpha architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla-firefox/mozilla-firefox_1.0.4-2sarge6_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 11171196 55e56e5a9306f5ea4d1508140836c042
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla-firefox/mozilla-firefox-dom-inspector_1.0.4-2sarge6_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 168162 9c4d068815e6e6239970f3b248456622
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla-firefox/mozilla-firefox-gnome-support_1.0.4-2sarge6_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 60002 532591335d84fc3f28e8c91f829a33c5


These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
its next update.

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For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg>

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