- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200712-21 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: Mozilla Firefox, SeaMonkey: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: December 29, 2007 Bugs: #198965, #200909 ID: 200712-21 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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 =========== 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 ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== 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 ========== [ 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? ========= 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 ======= 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