DSA-1345-1 xulrunner -- several vulnerabilities

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2007-3844   CVE-2007-3845  

Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in Xulrunner, a runtime environment for XUL applications. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2007-3844 moz_bug_r_a4 discovered that a regression in the handling of about:blank windows used by addons may lead to an attacker being able to modify the content of web sites. CVE-2007-3845 Jesper Johansson discovered that missing sanitising of double-quotes and spaces in URIs passed to external programs may allow an attacker to pass arbitrary arguments to the helper program if the user is tricked into opening a malformed web page. The oldstable distribution (sarge) doesn't include xulrunner. For the stable distribution (etch) these problems have been fixed in version 1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch3. For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 1.8.1.6-1. We recommend that you upgrade your xulrunner packages.

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1345-1 xulrunner -- several vulnerabilities

Date Reported:
04 Aug 2007
Affected Packages:
xulrunner
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2007-3844, CVE-2007-3845.
More information:

Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in Xulrunner, a runtime environment for XUL applications. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:

  • CVE-2007-3844

    moz_bug_r_a4 discovered that a regression in the handling of about:blank windows used by addons may lead to an attacker being able to modify the content of web sites.

  • CVE-2007-3845

    Jesper Johansson discovered that missing sanitising of double-quotes and spaces in URIs passed to external programs may allow an attacker to pass arbitrary arguments to the helper program if the user is tricked into opening a malformed web page.

The oldstable distribution (sarge) doesn't include xulrunner.

For the stable distribution (etch) these problems have been fixed in version 1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4.

For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 1.8.1.6-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your xulrunner packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/xulrunner_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/xulrunner_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/xulrunner_1.8.0.13~pre070720.orig.tar.gz
Architecture-independent component:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libmozillainterfaces-java_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libmozjs-dev_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libnspr4-dev_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libnss3-dev_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libsmjs-dev_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libsmjs1_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libxul-common_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libxul-dev_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_all.deb
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libmozjs0d_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libmozjs0d-dbg_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libnspr4-0d_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libnspr4-0d-dbg_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libnss3-0d_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libnss3-0d-dbg_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libnss3-tools_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libxul0d_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libxul0d-dbg_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/python-xpcom_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/spidermonkey-bin_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/xulrunner_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/xulrunner-gnome-support_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libmozjs0d_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libmozjs0d-dbg_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libnspr4-0d_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libnspr4-0d-dbg_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libnss3-0d_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libnss3-0d-dbg_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libnss3-tools_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libxul0d_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libxul0d-dbg_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/python-xpcom_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/spidermonkey-bin_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/xulrunner_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/xulrunner-gnome-support_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libmozjs0d_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libmozjs0d-dbg_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libnspr4-0d_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libnspr4-0d-dbg_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libnss3-0d_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libnss3-0d-dbg_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libnss3-tools_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libxul0d_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libxul0d-dbg_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/python-xpcom_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/spidermonkey-bin_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/xulrunner_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/xulrunner-gnome-support_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_arm.deb
HPPA:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libmozjs0d_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libmozjs0d-dbg_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libnspr4-0d_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libnspr4-0d-dbg_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libnss3-0d_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libnss3-0d-dbg_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libnss3-tools_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libxul0d_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libxul0d-dbg_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/python-xpcom_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/spidermonkey-bin_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/xulrunner_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/xulrunner-gnome-support_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libmozjs0d_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libmozjs0d-dbg_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libnspr4-0d_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libnspr4-0d-dbg_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libnss3-0d_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libnss3-0d-dbg_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libnss3-tools_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libxul0d_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libxul0d-dbg_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/python-xpcom_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/spidermonkey-bin_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/xulrunner_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/xulrunner-gnome-support_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libmozjs0d_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libmozjs0d-dbg_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libnspr4-0d_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libnspr4-0d-dbg_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libnss3-0d_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libnss3-0d-dbg_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libnss3-tools_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libxul0d_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libxul0d-dbg_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/python-xpcom_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/spidermonkey-bin_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/xulrunner_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/xulrunner-gnome-support_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_ia64.deb
Little endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libmozjs0d_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libmozjs0d-dbg_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libnspr4-0d_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libnspr4-0d-dbg_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libnss3-0d_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libnss3-0d-dbg_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libnss3-tools_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libxul0d_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libxul0d-dbg_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/python-xpcom_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/spidermonkey-bin_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/xulrunner_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/xulrunner-gnome-support_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libmozjs0d_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libmozjs0d-dbg_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libnspr4-0d_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libnspr4-0d-dbg_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libnss3-0d_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libnss3-0d-dbg_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libnss3-tools_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libxul0d_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libxul0d-dbg_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/python-xpcom_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/spidermonkey-bin_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/xulrunner_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/xulrunner-gnome-support_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libmozjs0d_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libmozjs0d-dbg_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libnspr4-0d_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libnspr4-0d-dbg_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libnss3-0d_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libnss3-0d-dbg_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libnss3-tools_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libxul0d_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libxul0d-dbg_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/python-xpcom_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/spidermonkey-bin_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/xulrunner_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/xulrunner-gnome-support_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libmozjs0d_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libmozjs0d-dbg_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libnspr4-0d_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libnspr4-0d-dbg_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libnss3-0d_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libnss3-0d-dbg_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libnss3-tools_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libxul0d_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libxul0d-dbg_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/python-xpcom_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/spidermonkey-bin_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/xulrunner_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/xulrunner-gnome-support_1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch4_sparc.deb

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