Mozilla Firefox Bugs in Layout and Javascript Engines May Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1018151
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id?1018151
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CVE Reference: CVE-2007-2867
, CVE-2007-2868
(Links to External Site)
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Date: May 31 2007
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Impact: Execution of arbitrary code via network, User access via network
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Fix Available: Yes
Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Advisory: Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory
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Version(s): 1.5 prior to 1.5.0.12, 2.0 prior to 2.0.0.4
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Description: Several vulnerabilities were reported in Mozilla Firefox. A remote user can cause arbitrary code to be executed on the target user's system.
A remote user can create specially crafted HTML that, when loaded by the target user, will trigger a memory corruption error and
potentially execute arbitrary code on the target system. The code will run with the privileges of the target user.
The layout
engine and the JavaScript engine is affected.
Igor Bukanov, Brendan Eich, Eli Friedman, Georgi Guninski, moz_bug_r_a4, Olli Pettay,
Wladimir Palant, Jesse Ruderman, Martijn Wargers, and Boris Zbarsky reported these vulnerabilities.
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Impact: A remote user can create HTML that, when loaded by the target user, will execute arbitrary code on the target user's system.
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Solution: The vendor has issued a fixed version (1.5.0.12, 2.0.0.4).
The Mozilla advisory is available at:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-12.html
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Vendor URL: www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-12.html (Links to External Site)
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Cause: Access control error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)
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Message History:
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 20:14:01 -0400
Subject: Mozilla Firefox
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http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-12.html
CVE-2007-2867
CVE-2007-2868
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