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Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks --> Category: infos
[GLSA-200501-03] Mozilla, Firefox, Thunderbird: Various vulnerabilities Vulnerability Scan
Vulnerability Scan Summary
Mozilla, Firefox, Thunderbird: Various vulnerabilities
Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Test
The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200501-03
(Mozilla, Firefox, Thunderbird: Various vulnerabilities)
Maurycy Prodeus from isec.pl found a potentially exploitable
buffer overflow in the handling of NNTP URLs. Furthermore, Martin (from
ptraced.net) discovered that temporary files in recent versions of
Mozilla-based products were sometimes stored world-readable with
predictable names. The Mozilla Team also fixed a way of spoofing
filenames in Firefox's "What should Firefox do with this file" dialog
boxes and a potential information leak about the existence of local
filenames.
Impact
A remote attacker could craft a malicious NNTP link and entice a
user to click it, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary
code with the rights of the user running the browser. A local attacker
could leverage the temporary file vulnerability to read the contents of
another user's attachments or downloads. A remote attacker could also
design a malicious web page that would allow to spoof filenames if the
user uses the "Open with..." function in Firefox, or retrieve
information on the existence of specific files in the local filesystem.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
References:
http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0020-mozilla.txt
http://broadcast.ptraced.net/advisories/008-firefox.thunderbird.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/13144/
Solution:
All Mozilla users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-www/mozilla-1.7.5"
All Mozilla binary users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-www/mozilla-bin-1.7.5"
All Firefox users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-www/mozilla-firefox-1.0"
All Firefox binary users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-www/mozilla-firefox-bin-1.0"
All Thunderbird users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird-0.9"
All Thunderbird binary users should upgrade to the latest
version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird-bin-0.9"
Threat Level: Medium
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