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diff --git a/metadata/glsa/glsa-200507-24.xml b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200507-24.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..53e2e7791f49 --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200507-24.xml @@ -0,0 +1,110 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200507-24"> + <title>Mozilla Suite: Multiple vulnerabilities</title> + <synopsis> + Several vulnerabilities in the Mozilla Suite allow attacks ranging from the + execution of javascript code with elevated privileges to information + leakage. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">mozilla</product> + <announced>July 26, 2005</announced> + <revised>July 26, 2005: 01</revised> + <bug>98846</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="www-client/mozilla" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">1.7.10</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">1.7.10</vulnerable> + </package> + <package name="www-client/mozilla-bin" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">1.7.10</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">1.7.10</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + The Mozilla Suite is an all-in-one Internet application suite + including a web browser, an advanced e-mail and newsgroup client, IRC + client and HTML editor. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + The following vulnerabilities were found and fixed in the Mozilla + Suite: + </p> + <ul> + <li>"moz_bug_r_a4" and "shutdown" discovered that the + Mozilla Suite was improperly cloning base objects (MFSA 2005-56).</li> + <li>"moz_bug_r_a4" reported that the suite failed to validate XHTML DOM + nodes properly (MFSA 2005-55).</li> + <li>Secunia reported that alerts + and prompts scripts are presented with the generic title [JavaScript + Application] which could lead to tricking a user (MFSA 2005-54).</li> + <li>Andreas Sandblad of Secunia reported that top.focus() can be called + in the context of a child frame even if the framing page comes from a + different origin and has overridden the focus() routine (MFSA + 2005-52).</li> + <li>Secunia reported that a frame-injection spoofing bug + which was fixed in earlier versions, was accidently bypassed in Mozilla + Suite 1.7.7 (MFSA 2005-51).</li> + <li>"shutdown" reported that + InstallVersion.compareTo() might be exploitable. When it gets an object + rather than a string, the browser would generally crash with an access + violation (MFSA 2005-50).</li> + <li>Matthew Mastracci reported that by + forcing a page navigation immediately after calling the install method + can end up running in the context of the new page selected by the + attacker (MFSA 2005-48).</li> + <li>"moz_bug_r_a4" reported that XBL + scripts run even when Javascript is disabled (MFSA 2005-46).</li> + <li> + Omar Khan, Jochen, "shutdown" and Matthew Mastracci reported that the + Mozilla Suite incorrectly distinguished between true events like mouse + clicks or keystrokes and synthetic events generated by a web content + (MFSA 2005-45).</li> + </ul> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + A remote attacker could craft malicious web pages that would + leverage these issues to inject and execute arbitrary javascript code + with elevated privileges, steal cookies or other information from web + pages, or spoof content. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All Mozilla Suite users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/mozilla-1.7.10"</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-1.7.10"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#Mozilla">Mozilla Foundation Security Advisories</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sat, 23 Jul 2005 18:08:05 +0000"> + DerCorny + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Sat, 23 Jul 2005 18:09:18 +0000"> + DerCorny + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sun, 24 Jul 2005 07:24:03 +0000"> + adir + </metadata> +</glsa> |