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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2007.0100 -- [Solaris]
Security Vulnerabilities in Mozilla 1.7 for Solaris 8, 9 and 10
17 April 2007
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Mozilla 1.7
Publisher: Sun Microsystems
Operating System: Solaris
Impact: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands
Access: Remote/Unauthenticated
CVE Names: CVE-2006-6505 CVE-2006-2776
Ref: AL-2006.0127
ESB-2006.0537
Original Bulletin:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/printfriendly.do?assetkey=1-26-102800-1
Revision History: April 17 2007: Patches available for Solaris 8 and 9
February 27 2007: Patches released for Solaris 10
February 14 2007: Initial Release
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Sun(sm) Alert Notification
* Sun Alert ID: 102800
* Synopsis: Security Vulnerabilities in Mozilla 1.7 for Solaris 8, 9
and 10
* Category: Security
* Product: Mozilla v1.7, Solaris 9 Operating System, Solaris 10
Operating System, Solaris 8 Operating System
* BugIDs: 6447022, 6508400
* Avoidance: Patch
* State: Resolved
* Date Released: 12-Feb-2007, 10-Apr-2007
* Date Closed: 10-Apr-2007
* Date Modified: 23-Feb-2007, 10-Apr-2007, 13-Apr-2007
1. Impact
Security vulnerabilities are present in the mail client and the
browser components of Mozilla 1.7 (for Solaris 8, 9 and 10). (Mozilla
can be used as a web browser and editor, an IRC client, an email
client and a news client)
These vulnerabilities may allow a remote unprivileged user who either
controls a website that is visited by a local user using the Mozilla
browser or sends an email that is read by a local user using Mozilla
to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running
Mozilla.
BugID 6447022 - For Mozilla 1.7:
This issue is described in the following documents:
* http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-37.html
* http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-2776
* http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/575969
BugID 6508400 - For Mozilla 1.7:
This issue is described in the following documents:
* http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2006-74.html
* http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6505
* http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/887332
2. Contributing Factors
These issues can occur in the following releases:
SPARC Platform
* Mozilla 1.7 (for Solaris 8 and 9) without patch 120671-05
* Mozilla 1.7 (for Solaris 10) without patch 119115-23
x86 Platform
* Mozilla 1.7 (for Solaris 8 and 9) without patch 120672-04
* Mozilla 1.7 (for Solaris 10) without patch 119116-23
Note: Mozilla 1.4 may be vulnerable to one or more of these security
issues. Customers are advised to upgrade to Mozilla 1.7 to get these
security fixes.
To determine the version of Mozilla on a Solaris system, the following
command can be run:
% /usr/sfw/bin/mozilla -version
Mozilla 1.7, (Sun Java Desktop System), build 2005031721
3. Symptoms
There are no predictable symptoms that would indicate the described
issues have been exploited.
4. Relief/Workaround
BugID 6508400:
There is no workaround for this issue.
BugID 6447022:
To work around this issue, disable Javascript in Mozilla mail by doing
the following:
1. Open the Preferences dialog from the Edit menu
2. Select the Advanced tree
3. Select the Scripts & Plug-ins leaf
4. Uncheck the Navigator and Mail & Newsgroups check boxes
5. Click the OK button
5. Resolution
These issues are addressed in the following releases:
SPARC Platform
* Mozilla 1.7 (for Solaris 8 and 9) with patch 120671-05 or
later
* Mozilla 1.7 (for Solaris 10) with patch 119115-23 or later
x86 Platform
* Mozilla 1.7 (for Solaris 8 and 9) with patch 120672-04 or
later
* Mozilla 1.7 (for Solaris 10) with patch 119116-23 or later
Change History
23-Feb-2007:
* Updated Contributing Factors and Relief/Workaround sections
10-Apr-2007:
* State: Resolved
* Updated Contributing Factors and Resolution sections
13-Apr-2007:
* Updated Contributing Factors and Resolution sections
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Copyright 2000-2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa
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