Debian Security Advisory
DSA-866-1 mozilla -- several vulnerabilities
- Date Reported:
- 20 Oct 2005
- Affected Packages:
- mozilla
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 327366, Bug 329778.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-2871, CVE-2005-2701, CVE-2005-2702, CVE-2005-2703, CVE-2005-2704, CVE-2005-2705, CVE-2005-2706, CVE-2005-2707, CVE-2005-2968. - More information:
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Several security-related problems have been discovered in Mozilla and derived programs. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:
- CAN-2005-2871
Tom Ferris discovered a bug in the IDN hostname handling of Mozilla that allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a hostname with dashes.
- CAN-2005-2701
A buffer overflow allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an XBM image file that ends in a large number of spaces instead of the expected end tag.
- CAN-2005-2702
Mats Palmgren discovered a buffer overflow in the Unicode string parser that allows a specially crafted Unicode sequence to overflow a buffer and cause arbitrary code to be executed.
- CAN-2005-2703
Remote attackers could spoof HTTP headers of XML HTTP requests via XMLHttpRequest and possibly use the client to exploit vulnerabilities in servers or proxies.
- CAN-2005-2704
Remote attackers could spoof DOM objects via an XBL control that implements an internal XPCOM interface.
- CAN-2005-2705
Georgi Guninski discovered an integer overflow in the JavaScript engine that might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
- CAN-2005-2706
Remote attackers could execute Javascript code with chrome privileges via an about: page such as about:mozilla.
- CAN-2005-2707
Remote attackers could spawn windows without user interface components such as the address and status bar that could be used to conduct spoofing or phishing attacks.
- CAN-2005-2968
Peter Zelezny discovered that shell metacharacters are not properly escaped when they are passed to a shell script and allow the execution of arbitrary commands, e.g. when a malicious URL is automatically copied from another program into Mozilla as default browser.
For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 1.7.8-1sarge3.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 1.7.12-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your mozilla package.
- CAN-2005-2871
- Fixed in:
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Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla_1.7.8-1sarge3.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla_1.7.8-1sarge3.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla_1.7.8.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla_1.7.8-1sarge3.diff.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr-dev_1.7.8-1sarge3_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr4_1.7.8-1sarge3_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss-dev_1.7.8-1sarge3_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss3_1.7.8-1sarge3_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla_1.7.8-1sarge3_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-browser_1.7.8-1sarge3_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-calendar_1.7.8-1sarge3_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-chatzilla_1.7.8-1sarge3_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dev_1.7.8-1sarge3_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dom-inspector_1.7.8-1sarge3_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-js-debugger_1.7.8-1sarge3_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-mailnews_1.7.8-1sarge3_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-psm_1.7.8-1sarge3_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr4_1.7.8-1sarge3_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr-dev_1.7.8-1sarge3_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr4_1.7.8-1sarge3_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss-dev_1.7.8-1sarge3_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss3_1.7.8-1sarge3_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla_1.7.8-1sarge3_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-browser_1.7.8-1sarge3_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-calendar_1.7.8-1sarge3_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-chatzilla_1.7.8-1sarge3_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dev_1.7.8-1sarge3_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dom-inspector_1.7.8-1sarge3_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-js-debugger_1.7.8-1sarge3_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-mailnews_1.7.8-1sarge3_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-psm_1.7.8-1sarge3_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr4_1.7.8-1sarge3_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr-dev_1.7.8-1sarge3_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr4_1.7.8-1sarge3_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss-dev_1.7.8-1sarge3_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss3_1.7.8-1sarge3_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla_1.7.8-1sarge3_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-browser_1.7.8-1sarge3_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-calendar_1.7.8-1sarge3_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-chatzilla_1.7.8-1sarge3_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dev_1.7.8-1sarge3_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dom-inspector_1.7.8-1sarge3_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-js-debugger_1.7.8-1sarge3_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-mailnews_1.7.8-1sarge3_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-psm_1.7.8-1sarge3_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr4_1.7.8-1sarge3_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr-dev_1.7.8-1sarge3_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr4_1.7.8-1sarge3_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss-dev_1.7.8-1sarge3_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss3_1.7.8-1sarge3_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla_1.7.8-1sarge3_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-browser_1.7.8-1sarge3_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-calendar_1.7.8-1sarge3_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-chatzilla_1.7.8-1sarge3_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dev_1.7.8-1sarge3_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dom-inspector_1.7.8-1sarge3_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-js-debugger_1.7.8-1sarge3_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-mailnews_1.7.8-1sarge3_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-psm_1.7.8-1sarge3_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr4_1.7.8-1sarge3_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr-dev_1.7.8-1sarge3_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr4_1.7.8-1sarge3_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss-dev_1.7.8-1sarge3_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss3_1.7.8-1sarge3_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla_1.7.8-1sarge3_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-browser_1.7.8-1sarge3_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-calendar_1.7.8-1sarge3_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-chatzilla_1.7.8-1sarge3_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dev_1.7.8-1sarge3_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dom-inspector_1.7.8-1sarge3_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-js-debugger_1.7.8-1sarge3_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-mailnews_1.7.8-1sarge3_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-psm_1.7.8-1sarge3_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr4_1.7.8-1sarge3_ia64.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr-dev_1.7.8-1sarge3_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr4_1.7.8-1sarge3_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss-dev_1.7.8-1sarge3_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss3_1.7.8-1sarge3_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla_1.7.8-1sarge3_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-browser_1.7.8-1sarge3_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-calendar_1.7.8-1sarge3_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-chatzilla_1.7.8-1sarge3_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dev_1.7.8-1sarge3_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dom-inspector_1.7.8-1sarge3_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-js-debugger_1.7.8-1sarge3_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-mailnews_1.7.8-1sarge3_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-psm_1.7.8-1sarge3_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr4_1.7.8-1sarge3_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr-dev_1.7.8-1sarge3_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr4_1.7.8-1sarge3_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss-dev_1.7.8-1sarge3_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss3_1.7.8-1sarge3_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla_1.7.8-1sarge3_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-browser_1.7.8-1sarge3_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-calendar_1.7.8-1sarge3_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-chatzilla_1.7.8-1sarge3_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dev_1.7.8-1sarge3_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dom-inspector_1.7.8-1sarge3_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-js-debugger_1.7.8-1sarge3_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-mailnews_1.7.8-1sarge3_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-psm_1.7.8-1sarge3_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr4_1.7.8-1sarge3_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr-dev_1.7.8-1sarge3_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr4_1.7.8-1sarge3_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss-dev_1.7.8-1sarge3_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss3_1.7.8-1sarge3_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla_1.7.8-1sarge3_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-browser_1.7.8-1sarge3_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-calendar_1.7.8-1sarge3_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-chatzilla_1.7.8-1sarge3_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dev_1.7.8-1sarge3_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dom-inspector_1.7.8-1sarge3_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-js-debugger_1.7.8-1sarge3_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-mailnews_1.7.8-1sarge3_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-psm_1.7.8-1sarge3_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr4_1.7.8-1sarge3_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr-dev_1.7.8-1sarge3_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr4_1.7.8-1sarge3_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss-dev_1.7.8-1sarge3_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss3_1.7.8-1sarge3_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla_1.7.8-1sarge3_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-browser_1.7.8-1sarge3_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-calendar_1.7.8-1sarge3_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-chatzilla_1.7.8-1sarge3_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dev_1.7.8-1sarge3_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dom-inspector_1.7.8-1sarge3_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-js-debugger_1.7.8-1sarge3_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-mailnews_1.7.8-1sarge3_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-psm_1.7.8-1sarge3_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr4_1.7.8-1sarge3_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr-dev_1.7.8-1sarge3_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr4_1.7.8-1sarge3_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss-dev_1.7.8-1sarge3_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss3_1.7.8-1sarge3_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla_1.7.8-1sarge3_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-browser_1.7.8-1sarge3_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-calendar_1.7.8-1sarge3_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-chatzilla_1.7.8-1sarge3_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dev_1.7.8-1sarge3_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dom-inspector_1.7.8-1sarge3_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-js-debugger_1.7.8-1sarge3_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-mailnews_1.7.8-1sarge3_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-psm_1.7.8-1sarge3_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr4_1.7.8-1sarge3_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr-dev_1.7.8-1sarge3_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr4_1.7.8-1sarge3_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss-dev_1.7.8-1sarge3_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss3_1.7.8-1sarge3_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla_1.7.8-1sarge3_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-browser_1.7.8-1sarge3_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-calendar_1.7.8-1sarge3_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-chatzilla_1.7.8-1sarge3_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dev_1.7.8-1sarge3_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dom-inspector_1.7.8-1sarge3_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-js-debugger_1.7.8-1sarge3_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-mailnews_1.7.8-1sarge3_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-psm_1.7.8-1sarge3_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr4_1.7.8-1sarge3_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr-dev_1.7.8-1sarge3_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr4_1.7.8-1sarge3_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss-dev_1.7.8-1sarge3_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss3_1.7.8-1sarge3_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla_1.7.8-1sarge3_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-browser_1.7.8-1sarge3_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-calendar_1.7.8-1sarge3_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-chatzilla_1.7.8-1sarge3_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dev_1.7.8-1sarge3_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dom-inspector_1.7.8-1sarge3_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-js-debugger_1.7.8-1sarge3_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-mailnews_1.7.8-1sarge3_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-psm_1.7.8-1sarge3_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr4_1.7.8-1sarge3_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.