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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                        ESB-2007.0206 -- [Solaris]
    Security Vulnerability in Mozilla 1.7 JavaScript Engine for Solaris
                               19 April 2007

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:              Mozilla v1.7
Publisher:            Sun Microsystems
Operating System:     Solaris
Impact:               Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands
Access:               Remote/Unauthenticated
CVE Names:            CVE-2006-3805

Ref:                  AL-2006.0060

Original Bulletin:    
  http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/printfriendly.do?assetkey=1-26-102865-1

Revision History:  April 19 2007: Solaris 8 and 9 patches now available
                   April  2 2007: Initial Release

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Sun(sm) Alert Notification
     * Sun Alert ID: 102865
     * Synopsis: Security Vulnerability in Mozilla 1.7 JavaScript Engine
       for Solaris
     * Category: Security
     * Product: Mozilla v1.7, Solaris 9 Operating System, Solaris 10
       Operating System, Solaris 8 Operating System
     * BugIDs: 6458752
     * Avoidance: Patch
     * State: Resolved
     * Date Released: 30-Mar-2007, 17-Apr-2007
     * Date Closed: 17-Apr-2007
     * Date Modified: 17-Apr-2007

1. Impact

   A security vulnerability related to untimely "garbage collection" in
   Mozilla 1.7 for Solaris 8, 9 and 10 may result in the deletion of a
   temporary object that was in active use. This may allow a remote
   unprivileged user to run arbitrary code with the privileges of the
   user running Mozilla or create a Denial of Service (DoS) condition.

   This issue is described in the following documents:

   http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2006-50.html

   CVE-2006-3805 at
   http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2006-3805

   CERT VU# 876420 at http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/876420

2. Contributing Factors

   This issue can occur in the following releases:

   SPARC Platform
     * Mozilla 1.7 (for Solaris 8) without patch 120671-05
     * Mozilla 1.7 (for Solaris 9) without patch 120671-05
     * Mozilla 1.7 (for Solaris 10) without patch 119115-25

   x86 Platform
     * Mozilla 1.7 (for Solaris 8) without patch 120672-05
     * Mozilla 1.7 (for Solaris 9) without patch 120672-05
     * Mozilla 1.7 (for Solaris 10) without patch 119116-25

   Note: Mozilla 1.4 may be vulnerable to this security issue. Customers
   are advised to upgrade to Mozilla 1.7 to obtain 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
   issue has been exploited. 

4. Relief/Workaround

   To work around the described issue, JavaScript can be disabled with
   the following steps:
    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

   This issue is addressed in the following releases:

   SPARC Platform
     * Solaris 8 with patch 120671-05 or later
     * Solaris 9 with patch 120671-05 or later
     * Solaris 10 with patch 119115-25 or later

   x86 Platform
     * Solaris 8 with patch 120672-05 or later
     * Solaris 9 with patch 120672-05 or later
     * Solaris 10 with patch 119116-25 or later

Change History

   17-Apr-2007:
     * Updated Contributing Factors and Resolution sections
     * State: Resolved

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