DSA-1053-1 mozilla -- programming error

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1053-1 mozilla -- programming error

Date Reported:

09 May 2006

Affected Packages:

mozilla

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 17671.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2006-1993.
CERT's vulnerabilities, advisories and incident notes: VU#866300.

More information:

Martijn Wargers and Nick Mott described crashes of Mozilla due to the use of a deleted controller context. In theory this could be abused to execute malicious code.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.7.8-1sarge6.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your mozilla packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla_1.7.8-1sarge6.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla_1.7.8-1sarge6.diff.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla_1.7.8.orig.tar.gz

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr-dev_1.7.8-1sarge6_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr4_1.7.8-1sarge6_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss-dev_1.7.8-1sarge6_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss3_1.7.8-1sarge6_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla_1.7.8-1sarge6_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-browser_1.7.8-1sarge6_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-calendar_1.7.8-1sarge6_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-chatzilla_1.7.8-1sarge6_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dev_1.7.8-1sarge6_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dom-inspector_1.7.8-1sarge6_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-js-debugger_1.7.8-1sarge6_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-mailnews_1.7.8-1sarge6_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-psm_1.7.8-1sarge6_alpha.deb

AMD64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr-dev_1.7.8-1sarge6_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr4_1.7.8-1sarge6_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss-dev_1.7.8-1sarge6_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss3_1.7.8-1sarge6_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla_1.7.8-1sarge6_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-browser_1.7.8-1sarge6_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-calendar_1.7.8-1sarge6_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-chatzilla_1.7.8-1sarge6_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dev_1.7.8-1sarge6_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dom-inspector_1.7.8-1sarge6_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-js-debugger_1.7.8-1sarge6_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-mailnews_1.7.8-1sarge6_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-psm_1.7.8-1sarge6_amd64.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr-dev_1.7.8-1sarge6_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr4_1.7.8-1sarge6_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss-dev_1.7.8-1sarge6_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss3_1.7.8-1sarge6_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla_1.7.8-1sarge6_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-browser_1.7.8-1sarge6_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-calendar_1.7.8-1sarge6_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-chatzilla_1.7.8-1sarge6_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dev_1.7.8-1sarge6_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dom-inspector_1.7.8-1sarge6_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-js-debugger_1.7.8-1sarge6_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-mailnews_1.7.8-1sarge6_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-psm_1.7.8-1sarge6_arm.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr-dev_1.7.8-1sarge6_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr4_1.7.8-1sarge6_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss-dev_1.7.8-1sarge6_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss3_1.7.8-1sarge6_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla_1.7.8-1sarge6_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-browser_1.7.8-1sarge6_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-calendar_1.7.8-1sarge6_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-chatzilla_1.7.8-1sarge6_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dev_1.7.8-1sarge6_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dom-inspector_1.7.8-1sarge6_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-js-debugger_1.7.8-1sarge6_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-mailnews_1.7.8-1sarge6_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-psm_1.7.8-1sarge6_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr-dev_1.7.8-1sarge6_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr4_1.7.8-1sarge6_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss-dev_1.7.8-1sarge6_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss3_1.7.8-1sarge6_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla_1.7.8-1sarge6_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-browser_1.7.8-1sarge6_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-calendar_1.7.8-1sarge6_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-chatzilla_1.7.8-1sarge6_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dev_1.7.8-1sarge6_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dom-inspector_1.7.8-1sarge6_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-js-debugger_1.7.8-1sarge6_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-mailnews_1.7.8-1sarge6_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-psm_1.7.8-1sarge6_ia64.deb

HPPA:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr-dev_1.7.8-1sarge6_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr4_1.7.8-1sarge6_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss-dev_1.7.8-1sarge6_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss3_1.7.8-1sarge6_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla_1.7.8-1sarge6_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-browser_1.7.8-1sarge6_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-calendar_1.7.8-1sarge6_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-chatzilla_1.7.8-1sarge6_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dev_1.7.8-1sarge6_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dom-inspector_1.7.8-1sarge6_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-js-debugger_1.7.8-1sarge6_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-mailnews_1.7.8-1sarge6_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-psm_1.7.8-1sarge6_hppa.deb

Motorola 680x0:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr-dev_1.7.8-1sarge6_m68k.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr4_1.7.8-1sarge6_m68k.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss-dev_1.7.8-1sarge6_m68k.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss3_1.7.8-1sarge6_m68k.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla_1.7.8-1sarge6_m68k.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-browser_1.7.8-1sarge6_m68k.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-calendar_1.7.8-1sarge6_m68k.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-chatzilla_1.7.8-1sarge6_m68k.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dev_1.7.8-1sarge6_m68k.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dom-inspector_1.7.8-1sarge6_m68k.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-js-debugger_1.7.8-1sarge6_m68k.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-mailnews_1.7.8-1sarge6_m68k.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-psm_1.7.8-1sarge6_m68k.deb

Big endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr-dev_1.7.8-1sarge6_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr4_1.7.8-1sarge6_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss-dev_1.7.8-1sarge6_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss3_1.7.8-1sarge6_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla_1.7.8-1sarge6_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-browser_1.7.8-1sarge6_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-calendar_1.7.8-1sarge6_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-chatzilla_1.7.8-1sarge6_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dev_1.7.8-1sarge6_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dom-inspector_1.7.8-1sarge6_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-js-debugger_1.7.8-1sarge6_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-mailnews_1.7.8-1sarge6_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-psm_1.7.8-1sarge6_mips.deb

Little endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr-dev_1.7.8-1sarge6_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr4_1.7.8-1sarge6_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss-dev_1.7.8-1sarge6_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss3_1.7.8-1sarge6_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla_1.7.8-1sarge6_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-browser_1.7.8-1sarge6_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-calendar_1.7.8-1sarge6_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-chatzilla_1.7.8-1sarge6_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dev_1.7.8-1sarge6_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dom-inspector_1.7.8-1sarge6_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-js-debugger_1.7.8-1sarge6_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-mailnews_1.7.8-1sarge6_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-psm_1.7.8-1sarge6_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr-dev_1.7.8-1sarge6_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr4_1.7.8-1sarge6_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss-dev_1.7.8-1sarge6_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss3_1.7.8-1sarge6_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla_1.7.8-1sarge6_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-browser_1.7.8-1sarge6_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-calendar_1.7.8-1sarge6_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-chatzilla_1.7.8-1sarge6_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dev_1.7.8-1sarge6_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dom-inspector_1.7.8-1sarge6_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-js-debugger_1.7.8-1sarge6_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-mailnews_1.7.8-1sarge6_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-psm_1.7.8-1sarge6_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr-dev_1.7.8-1sarge6_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr4_1.7.8-1sarge6_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss-dev_1.7.8-1sarge6_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss3_1.7.8-1sarge6_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla_1.7.8-1sarge6_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-browser_1.7.8-1sarge6_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-calendar_1.7.8-1sarge6_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-chatzilla_1.7.8-1sarge6_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dev_1.7.8-1sarge6_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dom-inspector_1.7.8-1sarge6_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-js-debugger_1.7.8-1sarge6_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-mailnews_1.7.8-1sarge6_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-psm_1.7.8-1sarge6_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr-dev_1.7.8-1sarge6_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr4_1.7.8-1sarge6_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss-dev_1.7.8-1sarge6_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss3_1.7.8-1sarge6_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla_1.7.8-1sarge6_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-browser_1.7.8-1sarge6_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-calendar_1.7.8-1sarge6_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-chatzilla_1.7.8-1sarge6_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dev_1.7.8-1sarge6_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dom-inspector_1.7.8-1sarge6_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-js-debugger_1.7.8-1sarge6_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-mailnews_1.7.8-1sarge6_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-psm_1.7.8-1sarge6_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.