The js_dtoa function in Mozilla Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.1, 1.5.x before 1.5.0.9, Thunderbird before 1.5.0.9, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.7 overwrites memory instead of exiting when the floating point precision is reduced, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via any plugins that reduce the precision.

This update brings MozillaFirefox to the security update release 1.5.0.9, including the following security fixes.

http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html

  - Crashes with evidence of memory corruption were fixed in     the layout engine. CVE-2006-6498 / MFSA 2006-68: Crashes     with evidence of memory corruption were fixed in the     JavaScript engine. CVE-2006-6499 / MFSA 2006-68: Crashes     regarding floating point usage were fixed. CVE-2006-6500     / MFSA 2006-69: This issue only affects Windows systems,     Linux is not affected. CVE-2006-6501 / MFSA 2006-70: A     privilege escalation using a watch point was fixed.
    CVE-2006-6502 / MFSA 2006-71: A LiveConnect crash     finalizing JS objects was fixed. CVE-2006-6503 / MFSA     2006-72: A XSS problem caused by setting img.src to     javascript: URI was fixed. CVE-2006-6504 / MFSA 2006-73:
    A Mozilla SVG Processing Remote Code Execution was     fixed. CVE-2006-6505 / MFSA 2006-74: Some Mail header     processing heap overflows were fixed. CVE-2006-6506 /     MFSA 2006-75: The RSS Feed-preview referrer leak was     fixed. CVE-2006-6507 / MFSA 2006-76: A XSS problem using     outer window's Function object was fixed. (CVE-2006-6497     / MFSA 2006-68)

Georgi Guninski and David Bienvenu discovered that long Content-Type and RFC2047-encoded headers we vulnerable to heap overflows. By tricking the user into opening a specially crafted email, an attacker could execute arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2006-6506)

Various flaws have been reported that allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with user privileges or bypass internal XSS protections by tricking the user into opening a malicious email containing JavaScript. Please note that JavaScript is disabled by default for emails, and it is not recommended to enable it. (CVE-2006-6497, CVE-2006-6498, CVE-2006-6499, CVE-2006-6501, CVE-2006-6502, CVE-2006-6503).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

USN-398-2 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox 1.5. However, when auto-filling saved-password login forms without a username field, Firefox would crash. This update fixes the problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Various flaws have been reported that allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with user privileges by tricking the user into opening a malicious web page containing JavaScript or SVG. (CVE-2006-6497, CVE-2006-6498, CVE-2006-6499, CVE-2006-6501, CVE-2006-6502, CVE-2006-6504)

Various flaws have been reported that allow an attacker to bypass Firefox's internal XSS protections by tricking the user into opening a malicious web page containing JavaScript. (CVE-2006-6503).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

USN-398-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox 2.0. This update provides the corresponding updates for Firefox 1.5.

Various flaws have been reported that allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with user privileges by tricking the user into opening a malicious web page containing JavaScript or SVG. (CVE-2006-6497, CVE-2006-6498, CVE-2006-6499, CVE-2006-6501, CVE-2006-6502, CVE-2006-6504)

Various flaws have been reported that allow an attacker to bypass Firefox's internal XSS protections by tricking the user into opening a malicious web page containing JavaScript. (CVE-2006-6503).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Various flaws have been reported that allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with user privileges by tricking the user into opening a malicious web page containing JavaScript or SVG. (CVE-2006-6497, CVE-2006-6498, CVE-2006-6499, CVE-2006-6501, CVE-2006-6502, CVE-2006-6504)

Various flaws have been reported that allow an attacker to bypass Firefox's internal XSS protections by tricking the user into opening a malicious web page containing JavaScript. (CVE-2006-6503, CVE-2006-6507)

Jared Breland discovered that the 'Feed Preview' feature could leak referrer information to remote servers. (CVE-2006-6506).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

This security update brings Mozilla SeaMonkey to version 1.0.7.

http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html for more details.

It includes fixes to the following security problems:
CVE-2006-6497/MFSA2006-68: Crashes with evidence of memory corruption were fixed in the layout engine. CVE-2006-6498/MFSA2006-68: Crashes with evidence of memory corruption were fixed in the JavaScript engine. CVE-2006-6499/MFSA2006-68: Crashes regarding floating point usage were fixed. CVE-2006-6500/MFSA2006-69: This issue only affects Windows systems, Linux is not affected. CVE-2006-6501/MFSA2006-70: A privilege escalation using a watch point was fixed.
CVE-2006-6502/MFSA2006-71: A LiveConnect crash finalizing JS objects was fixed. CVE-2006-6503/MFSA2006-72: A XSS problem caused by setting img.src to javascript: URI was fixed. CVE-2006-6504/MFSA2006-73: A Mozilla SVG Processing Remote Code Execution was fixed.
CVE-2006-6505/MFSA2006-74: Some Mail header processing heap overflows were fixed. CVE-2006-6506/MFSA2006-75: The RSS Feed-preview referrer leak was fixed. CVE-2006-6507/MFSA2006-76: A XSS problem using outer window's Function object was fixed.

This security update brings Mozilla Thunderbird to version 1.5.0.9.

http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html

It includes fixes to the following security problems:
CVE-2006-6497/MFSA2006-68: Crashes with evidence of memory corruption were fixed in the layout engine. CVE-2006-6498/MFSA2006-68: Crashes with evidence of memory corruption were fixed in the JavaScript engine. CVE-2006-6499/MFSA2006-68: Crashes regarding floating point usage were fixed. CVE-2006-6500/MFSA2006-69: This issue only affects Windows systems, Linux is not affected. CVE-2006-6501/MFSA2006-70: A privilege escalation using a watch point was fixed.
CVE-2006-6502/MFSA2006-71: A LiveConnect crash finalizing JS objects was fixed. CVE-2006-6503/MFSA2006-72: A XSS problem caused by setting img.src to javascript: URI was fixed. CVE-2006-6504/MFSA2006-73: A Mozilla SVG Processing Remote Code Execution was fixed.
CVE-2006-6505/MFSA2006-74: Some Mail header processing heap overflows were fixed. CVE-2006-6506/MFSA2006-75: The RSS Feed-preview referrer leak was fixed. CVE-2006-6507/MFSA2006-76: A XSS problem using outer window's Function object was fixed.

This update brings MozillaFirefox to the security update release 1.5.0.9 (2.0.0.1 for openSUSE 10.2) and includes the following security fixes :

http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html

CVE-2006-6497/MFSA2006-68: Crashes with evidence of memory corruption were fixed in the layout engine. CVE-2006-6498/MFSA2006-68: Crashes with evidence of memory corruption were fixed in the JavaScript engine. CVE-2006-6499/MFSA2006-68: Crashes regarding floating point usage were fixed. CVE-2006-6500/MFSA2006-69: This issue only affects Windows systems, Linux is not affected. CVE-2006-6501/MFSA2006-70: A privilege escalation using a watch point was fixed.
CVE-2006-6502/MFSA2006-71: A LiveConnect crash finalizing JS objects was fixed. CVE-2006-6503/MFSA2006-72: A XSS problem caused by setting img.src to javascript: URI was fixed. CVE-2006-6504/MFSA2006-73: A Mozilla SVG Processing Remote Code Execution was fixed.
CVE-2006-6505/MFSA2006-74: Some Mail header processing heap overflows were fixed. CVE-2006-6506/MFSA2006-75: The RSS Feed-preview referrer leak was fixed. CVE-2006-6507/MFSA2006-76: A XSS problem using outer window's Function object was fixed.

Several security related problems have been discovered in Mozilla and derived products. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following vulnerabilities :

  - CVE-2006-6497     Several vulnerabilities in the layout engine allow     remote attackers to cause a denial of service and     possibly permit them to execute arbitrary code. [MFSA     2006-68]

  - CVE-2006-6498     Several vulnerabilities in the JavaScript engine allow     remote attackers to cause a denial of service and     possibly permit them to execute arbitrary code. [MFSA     2006-68]

  - CVE-2006-6499     A bug in the js_dtoa function allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service. [MFSA 2006-68]

  - CVE-2006-6501     'shutdown' discovered a vulnerability that allows remote     attackers to gain privileges and install malicious code     via the watch JavaScript function. [MFSA 2006-70]

  - CVE-2006-6502     Steven Michaud discovered a programming bug that allows     remote attackers to cause a denial of service. [MFSA     2006-71]

  - CVE-2006-6503     'moz_bug_r_a4' reported that the src attribute of an IMG     element could be used to inject JavaScript code. [MFSA     2006-72]

  - CVE-2006-6505     Georgi Guninski discovered several heap-based buffer     overflows that allow remote attackers to execute     arbitrary code. [MFSA 2006-74]

Mozilla 1.7 for Solaris 8 and 9.
Date this patch was last updated by Sun : Aug/29/08

Several security related problems have been discovered in Mozilla and derived products such as Mozilla Firefox. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following vulnerabilities :

  - CVE-2006-6497     Several vulnerabilities in the layout engine allow     remote attackers to cause a denial of service and     possibly permit them to execute arbitrary code. [MFSA     2006-68]

  - CVE-2006-6498     Several vulnerabilities in the JavaScript engine allow     remote attackers to cause a denial of service and     possibly permit them to execute arbitrary code. [MFSA     2006-68]

  - CVE-2006-6499     A bug in the js_dtoa function allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service. [MFSA 2006-68]

  - CVE-2006-6501     'shutdown' discovered a vulnerability that allows remote     attackers to gain privileges and install malicious code     via the watch JavaScript function. [MFSA 2006-70]

  - CVE-2006-6502     Steven Michaud discovered a programming bug that allows     remote attackers to cause a denial of service. [MFSA     2006-71]

  - CVE-2006-6503     'moz_bug_r_a4' reported that the src attribute of an IMG     element could be used to inject JavaScript code. [MFSA     2006-72]

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200701-04 (SeaMonkey: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    An anonymous researcher found evidence of memory corruption in the way     SeaMonkey handles certain types of SVG comment DOM nodes. Georgi     Guninski and David Bienvenu discovered buffer overflows in the     processing of long 'Content-Type:' and long non-ASCII MIME email     headers. Additionally, Frederik Reiss discovered a heap-based buffer     overflow in the conversion of a CSS cursor. Several other issues with     memory corruption were also fixed. SeaMonkey also contains less severe     vulnerabilities involving JavaScript and Java.
  Impact :

    An attacker could entice a user to load malicious JavaScript or a     malicious web page with a SeaMonkey application, possibly leading to     the execution of arbitrary code with the rights of the user running     those products. An attacker could also perform cross-site scripting     attacks, leading to the exposure of sensitive information, like user     credentials. Note that the execution of JavaScript or Java applets is     disabled by default in the SeaMonkey email client, and enabling it is     strongly discouraged.
  Workaround :

    There are no known workarounds for all the issues at this time.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200701-02 (Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    An anonymous researcher found evidence of memory corruption in the way     Mozilla Firefox handles certain types of SVG comment DOM nodes.
    Additionally, Frederik Reiss discovered a heap-based buffer overflow in     the conversion of a CSS cursor. Other issues with memory corruption     were also fixed. Mozilla Firefox also contains less severe     vulnerabilities involving JavaScript and Java.
  Impact :

    An attacker could entice a user to view a specially crafted web page     that will trigger one of the vulnerabilities, possibly leading to the     execution of arbitrary code. It is also possible for an attacker to     perform cross-site scripting attacks, leading to the exposure of     sensitive information, like user credentials.
  Workaround :

    There are no known workarounds for all the issues at this time.

Versions of Mozilla Firefox 1.5.x prior to 1.5.0.9, or 2.x prior to 2.0.0.1 are affected by various security issues, some of which may lead to execution of arbitrary code on the affected host subject to the user's privileges.

The remote version of Mozilla Thunderbird suffers from various security issues, at least one of which may lead to execution of arbitrary code on the affected host subject to the user's privileges.

The installed version of SeaMonkey contains various security issues, some of which may lead to execution of arbitrary code on the affected host subject to the user's privileges.

The installed version of Firefox is affected by various security issues, some of which could lead to execution of arbitrary code on the affected host subject to the user's privileges.

The remote version of Mozilla Thunderbird suffers from various security issues, at least one of which could lead to execution of arbitrary code on the affected host.

Mozilla 1.7_x86 for Solaris 8 and 9.
Date this patch was last updated by Sun : Sep/02/08

The installed version of Firefox is affected by various security issues, some of which may lead to execution of arbitrary code on the affected host subject to the user's privileges.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
29358	SuSE 10 Security Update : Mozilla Firefox (ZYPP Patch Number 2423)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
27988	Ubuntu 5.10 / 6.06 LTS / 6.10 : mozilla-thunderbird vulnerabilities (USN-400-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
27986	Ubuntu 5.10 / 6.06 LTS : firefox regression (USN-398-4)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
27985	Ubuntu 5.10 / 6.06 LTS : firefox vulnerabilities (USN-398-2)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
27984	Ubuntu 6.10 : firefox vulnerabilities (USN-398-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
27438	openSUSE 10 Security Update : seamonkey (seamonkey-2432)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
27128	openSUSE 10 Security Update : MozillaThunderbird (MozillaThunderbird-2421)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
27117	openSUSE 10 Security Update : MozillaFirefox (MozillaFirefox-2418)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
24794	Debian DSA-1265-1 : mozilla - several vulnerabilities	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
24403	Solaris 9 (sparc) : 120671-08	Nessus	Solaris Local Security Checks	critical
24395	Solaris 8 (sparc) : 120671-08	Nessus	Solaris Local Security Checks	critical
24297	Debian DSA-1258-1 : mozilla-thunderbird - several vulnerabilities	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
24292	Debian DSA-1253-1 : mozilla-firefox - several vulnerabilities	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
24008	GLSA-200701-04 : SeaMonkey: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	high
23991	GLSA-200701-02 : Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	high
3868	Mozilla Firefox 1.5.x < 1.5.0.9 / 2.x < 2.0.0.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus Network Monitor	Web Clients	medium
3867	Mozilla Thunderbird < 1.5.0.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities (deprecated)	Nessus Network Monitor	SMTP Clients	medium
3866	SeaMonkey < 1.0.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus Network Monitor	Web Clients	medium
23930	Firefox < 1.5.0.9 / 2.0.0.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	high
23929	Mozilla Thunderbird < 1.5.0.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	high
23928	SeaMonkey < 1.0.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	high
23773	Solaris 9 (x86) : 120672-08	Nessus	Solaris Local Security Checks	critical
23772	Solaris 8 (x86) : 120672-08	Nessus	Solaris Local Security Checks	critical
801262	Mozilla Thunderbird < 1.5.0.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Log Correlation Engine	SMTP Clients	high
800886	SeaMonkey < 1.0.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Log Correlation Engine	Web Clients	high
800775	Firefox < 1.5.0.9 / 2.0.0.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Log Correlation Engine	Web Clients	high

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