27558 : Mozilla Multiple Products JavaScript Reference Clear Failure Arbitrary Code Execution
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2006-07-25

Keywords

c00771742, HPSBUX02153, SSRT061181

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2006-3801" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : Mozilla Firefox 1.5 before 1.5.0.5 and SeaMonkey before 1.0.3 does not properly clear a JavaScript reference to a frame or window, which leaves a pointer to a deleted object that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary native code.

Classification

Impact: Loss of Integrity
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Solution

Upgrade Firefox to version 1.5.0.5 or Seamonkey to version 1.0.3, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

Security Tracker: 1016586 1016587 1016588
Secunia Advisory ID: 19873 21216 21228 21229 21243 21246 21250 21262 21269 21270 21336 21343 21358 21361 21529 21532 21631 22065 22066 22210
CVE ID: 2006-3801 (see also: NVD)
SCIP VulDB ID: 2396
Related OSVDB ID: 27559 27560 27561 27562 27563 27564 27565 27566 27567 27568 27569 27572
CERT VU: 476724
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2006-2998
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060703-01-U.asc http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Aug/0007.html
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200608-02.xml
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200608-03.xml
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200608-04.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:143
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-44.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-327-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-354-1
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-536
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-537
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-01/0085.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-06/0696.html
News Article: http://news.com.com/Firefox+update+plugs+critical+holes/2100-1002_3-6099254.html
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://www.caminobrowser.org/releases/1.0.2.php
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=338288
RedHat RHSA: RHSA-2006:0594 RHSA-2006:0608 RHSA-2006:0609 RHSA-2006:0610 RHSA-2006:0611

Tools & Filters

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Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2006-07-31 | Disagree?

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