Mozilla Seamonkey Memory Corruption in Layout Engine and Javascript Engine May Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1017405 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1017405
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2006-6497, CVE-2006-6498, CVE-2006-6499
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Dec 20 2006
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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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Version(s): 1.0 - 1.0.6
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in Mozilla Seamonkey. 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 crash or potentially execute arbitrary code on the target user's system. The code will run with the privileges of the target user.
Andrew Miller, David Baron, Georgi Guninski, Jesse Ruderman, Olli Pettay, and Vladimir Vukicevic reported the vulnerabilities in the layout engine.
Igor Bukanov, Jesse Ruderman and moz_bug_r_a4 reported the vulnerabilities in the JavaScript engine.
Keith Victor reported a vulnerability in js_dtoa().
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Impact:
A remote user can create HTML that, when loaded by the target user, may execute arbitrary code on the target user's system.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a fixed version (1.0.7).
The Mozilla advisory is available at:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-68.html
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Vendor URL: www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-68.html (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Access control error, Boundary error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)
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