[ GLSA 200712-21 ] Mozilla Firefox, SeaMonkey: Multiple vulnerabilities

[Robert Buchholz <rbu () gentoo org>]

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200712-21
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  Severity: Normal
     Title: Mozilla Firefox, SeaMonkey: Multiple vulnerabilities
      Date: December 29, 2007
      Bugs: #198965, #200909
        ID: 200712-21

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Synopsis
========

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mozilla Firefox and
Mozilla Seamonkey.

Background
==========

Mozilla Firefox is a cross-platform web browser from Mozilla. SeaMonkey
is a free, cross-platform Internet suite.

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

    -------------------------------------------------------------------
     Package                         /  Vulnerable  /       Unaffected
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
  1  www-client/mozilla-firefox         < 2.0.0.11         >= 2.0.0.11
  2  www-client/mozilla-firefox-bin     < 2.0.0.11         >= 2.0.0.11
  3  www-client/seamonkey                 < 1.1.7             >= 1.1.7
  4  www-client/seamonkey-bin             < 1.1.7             >= 1.1.7
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
     4 affected packages on all of their supported architectures.
    -------------------------------------------------------------------

Description
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Jesse Ruderman and Petko D. Petkov reported that the jar protocol
handler in Mozilla Firefox and Seamonkey does not properly check MIME
types (CVE-2007-5947). Gregory Fleischer reported that the
window.location property can be used to generate a fake HTTP Referer
(CVE-2007-5960). Multiple memory errors have also been reported
(CVE-2007-5959).

Impact
======

A remote attacker could possibly exploit these vulnerabilities to
execute arbitrary code in the context of the browser and conduct
Cross-Site-Scripting or Cross-Site Request Forgery attacks.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

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

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=www-client/mozilla-firefox-2.0.0.11"

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

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask -1 -v ">=www-client/mozilla-firefox-bin-2.0.0.11"

All SeaMonkey users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/seamonkey-1.1.7"

All SeaMonkey binary users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=www-client/seamonkey-bin-1.1.7"

References
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  [ 1 ] CVE-2007-5947
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5947
  [ 2 ] CVE-2007-5959
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5959
  [ 3 ] CVE-2007-5960
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5960

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

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

  http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-21.xml

Concerns?
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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
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Copyright 2007 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/2.5

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