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Category:  Application (Web Browser)  >  Mozilla Browser Vendors:  Mozilla.org
Mozilla Browser Suite Integer Overflow in CSS Letter-Spacing Property Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
SecurityTracker Alert ID:  1015917
SecurityTracker URL:  http://securitytracker.com/id?1015917
CVE Reference:  CVE-2006-1730   (Links to External Site)
Date:  Apr 14 2006
Impact:  Execution of arbitrary code via network, User access via network
Fix Available:  Yes   Vendor Confirmed:  Yes  
Advisory:  Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory
Version(s): prior to 1.7.13
Description:  A vulnerability was reported in the Mozilla Browser Suite. A remote user can execute arbitrary code on the target system.

A remote user can create HTML with a specially crafted CSS letter-spacing property value that, when loaded by the target user, will trigger an integer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target user's system. The code will run with the privileges of the target user.

TippingPoint reported this vulnerability.

Impact:  A remote user can execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Solution:  The vendor plans to issue a fixed version (1.7.13), to be available at:

http://www.mozilla.org/products/mozilla1.x/

Vendor URL:  www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-22.html (Links to External Site)
Cause:  Boundary error
Underlying OS:  Linux (Any), UNIX (OS X), Windows (Any)

Message History:   This archive entry has one or more follow-up message(s) listed below.
Apr 18 2006 (Red Hat Issues Fix) Mozilla Browser Suite Integer Overflow in CSS Letter-Spacing Property Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code   (bugzilla@redhat.com)
Red Hat has released a fix for Mozilla on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, and 4.
May 31 2006 (HP Issues Preliminary Fix for HP-UX) Mozilla Browser Suite Integer Overflow in CSS Letter-Spacing Property Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
HP has issued preliminary fixes for Mozilla on HP-UX.



 Source Message Contents

Date:  Fri, 14 Apr 2006 00:06:01 -0400
Subject:  Mozilla Firefox vulnerability

 
 
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-22.html
 
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2006-22
 
Fixed in: Firefox 1.5.0.2
  Firefox 1.0.8
  Thunderbird 1.5.0.2
  Thunderbird 1.0.8
  SeaMonkey 1.0.1
  Mozilla Suite 1.7.13
 
ZDI-06-009
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=325403
CVE-2006-1730
 


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