DSA-1224-1 mozilla -- several vulnerabilities

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2006-4310   CVE-2006-5462   CVE-2006-5463   CVE-2006-5464   CVE-2006-5748  

Several security related problems have been discovered in Mozilla and derived products. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2006-4310 Tomas Kempinsky discovered that malformed FTP server responses could lead to denial of service. CVE-2006-5462 Ulrich Kühn discovered that the correction for a cryptographic flaw in the handling of PKCS-1 certificates was incomplete, which allows the forgery of certificates. CVE-2006-5463 shutdown discovered that modification of JavaScript objects during execution could lead to the execution of arbitrary JavaScript bytecode. CVE-2006-5464 Jesse Ruderman and Martijn Wargers discovered several crashes in the layout engine, which might also allow execution of arbitrary code. CVE-2006-5748 Igor Bukanov and Jesse Ruderman discovered several crashes in the JavaScript engine, which might allow execution of arbitrary code. This update also addresses several crashes, which could be triggered by malicious websites and fixes a regression introduced in the previous Mozilla update. For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 1.7.8-1sarge8. We recommend that you upgrade your mozilla package.

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1224-1 mozilla -- several vulnerabilities

Date Reported:
03 Dec 2006
Affected Packages:
mozilla
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 19678, BugTraq ID 20957.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2006-4310, CVE-2006-5462, CVE-2006-5463, CVE-2006-5464, CVE-2006-5748.
CERT's vulnerabilities, advisories and incident notes: VU#335392, VU#390480, VU#495288, VU#714496.
More information:

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

  • CVE-2006-4310

    Tomas Kempinsky discovered that malformed FTP server responses could lead to denial of service.

  • CVE-2006-5462

    Ulrich Kühn discovered that the correction for a cryptographic flaw in the handling of PKCS-1 certificates was incomplete, which allows the forgery of certificates.

  • CVE-2006-5463

    shutdown discovered that modification of JavaScript objects during execution could lead to the execution of arbitrary JavaScript bytecode.

  • CVE-2006-5464

    Jesse Ruderman and Martijn Wargers discovered several crashes in the layout engine, which might also allow execution of arbitrary code.

  • CVE-2006-5748

    Igor Bukanov and Jesse Ruderman discovered several crashes in the JavaScript engine, which might allow execution of arbitrary code.

This update also addresses several crashes, which could be triggered by malicious websites and fixes a regression introduced in the previous Mozilla update.

For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 1.7.8-1sarge8.

We recommend that you upgrade your mozilla package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla_1.7.8-1sarge8.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla_1.7.8-1sarge8.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_1.7.8-1sarge8_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr4_1.7.8-1sarge8_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss-dev_1.7.8-1sarge8_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss3_1.7.8-1sarge8_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla_1.7.8-1sarge8_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-browser_1.7.8-1sarge8_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-calendar_1.7.8-1sarge8_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-chatzilla_1.7.8-1sarge8_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dev_1.7.8-1sarge8_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dom-inspector_1.7.8-1sarge8_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-js-debugger_1.7.8-1sarge8_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-mailnews_1.7.8-1sarge8_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-psm_1.7.8-1sarge8_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr-dev_1.7.8-1sarge8_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr4_1.7.8-1sarge8_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss-dev_1.7.8-1sarge8_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss3_1.7.8-1sarge8_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla_1.7.8-1sarge8_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-browser_1.7.8-1sarge8_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-calendar_1.7.8-1sarge8_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-chatzilla_1.7.8-1sarge8_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dev_1.7.8-1sarge8_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dom-inspector_1.7.8-1sarge8_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-js-debugger_1.7.8-1sarge8_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-mailnews_1.7.8-1sarge8_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-psm_1.7.8-1sarge8_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr-dev_1.7.8-1sarge8_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr4_1.7.8-1sarge8_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss-dev_1.7.8-1sarge8_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss3_1.7.8-1sarge8_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla_1.7.8-1sarge8_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-browser_1.7.8-1sarge8_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-calendar_1.7.8-1sarge8_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-chatzilla_1.7.8-1sarge8_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dev_1.7.8-1sarge8_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dom-inspector_1.7.8-1sarge8_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-js-debugger_1.7.8-1sarge8_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-mailnews_1.7.8-1sarge8_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-psm_1.7.8-1sarge8_arm.deb
HPPA:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr-dev_1.7.8-1sarge8_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr4_1.7.8-1sarge8_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss-dev_1.7.8-1sarge8_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss3_1.7.8-1sarge8_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla_1.7.8-1sarge8_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-browser_1.7.8-1sarge8_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-calendar_1.7.8-1sarge8_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-chatzilla_1.7.8-1sarge8_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dev_1.7.8-1sarge8_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dom-inspector_1.7.8-1sarge8_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-js-debugger_1.7.8-1sarge8_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-mailnews_1.7.8-1sarge8_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-psm_1.7.8-1sarge8_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr-dev_1.7.8-1sarge8_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr4_1.7.8-1sarge8_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss-dev_1.7.8-1sarge8_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss3_1.7.8-1sarge8_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla_1.7.8-1sarge8_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-browser_1.7.8-1sarge8_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-calendar_1.7.8-1sarge8_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-chatzilla_1.7.8-1sarge8_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dev_1.7.8-1sarge8_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dom-inspector_1.7.8-1sarge8_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-js-debugger_1.7.8-1sarge8_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-mailnews_1.7.8-1sarge8_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-psm_1.7.8-1sarge8_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr-dev_1.7.8-1sarge8_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr4_1.7.8-1sarge8_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss-dev_1.7.8-1sarge8_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss3_1.7.8-1sarge8_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla_1.7.8-1sarge8_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-browser_1.7.8-1sarge8_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-calendar_1.7.8-1sarge8_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-chatzilla_1.7.8-1sarge8_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dev_1.7.8-1sarge8_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dom-inspector_1.7.8-1sarge8_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-js-debugger_1.7.8-1sarge8_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-mailnews_1.7.8-1sarge8_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-psm_1.7.8-1sarge8_ia64.deb
Motorola 680x0:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr-dev_1.7.8-1sarge8_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr4_1.7.8-1sarge8_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss-dev_1.7.8-1sarge8_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss3_1.7.8-1sarge8_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla_1.7.8-1sarge8_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-browser_1.7.8-1sarge8_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-calendar_1.7.8-1sarge8_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-chatzilla_1.7.8-1sarge8_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dev_1.7.8-1sarge8_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dom-inspector_1.7.8-1sarge8_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-js-debugger_1.7.8-1sarge8_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-mailnews_1.7.8-1sarge8_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-psm_1.7.8-1sarge8_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr-dev_1.7.8-1sarge8_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr4_1.7.8-1sarge8_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss-dev_1.7.8-1sarge8_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss3_1.7.8-1sarge8_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla_1.7.8-1sarge8_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-browser_1.7.8-1sarge8_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-calendar_1.7.8-1sarge8_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-chatzilla_1.7.8-1sarge8_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dev_1.7.8-1sarge8_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dom-inspector_1.7.8-1sarge8_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-js-debugger_1.7.8-1sarge8_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-mailnews_1.7.8-1sarge8_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-psm_1.7.8-1sarge8_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr-dev_1.7.8-1sarge8_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr4_1.7.8-1sarge8_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss-dev_1.7.8-1sarge8_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss3_1.7.8-1sarge8_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla_1.7.8-1sarge8_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-browser_1.7.8-1sarge8_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-calendar_1.7.8-1sarge8_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-chatzilla_1.7.8-1sarge8_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dev_1.7.8-1sarge8_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dom-inspector_1.7.8-1sarge8_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-js-debugger_1.7.8-1sarge8_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-mailnews_1.7.8-1sarge8_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-psm_1.7.8-1sarge8_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr-dev_1.7.8-1sarge8_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr4_1.7.8-1sarge8_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss-dev_1.7.8-1sarge8_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss3_1.7.8-1sarge8_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla_1.7.8-1sarge8_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-browser_1.7.8-1sarge8_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-calendar_1.7.8-1sarge8_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-chatzilla_1.7.8-1sarge8_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dev_1.7.8-1sarge8_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dom-inspector_1.7.8-1sarge8_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-js-debugger_1.7.8-1sarge8_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-mailnews_1.7.8-1sarge8_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-psm_1.7.8-1sarge8_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr-dev_1.7.8-1sarge8_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr4_1.7.8-1sarge8_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss-dev_1.7.8-1sarge8_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss3_1.7.8-1sarge8_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla_1.7.8-1sarge8_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-browser_1.7.8-1sarge8_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-calendar_1.7.8-1sarge8_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-chatzilla_1.7.8-1sarge8_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dev_1.7.8-1sarge8_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dom-inspector_1.7.8-1sarge8_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-js-debugger_1.7.8-1sarge8_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-mailnews_1.7.8-1sarge8_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-psm_1.7.8-1sarge8_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr-dev_1.7.8-1sarge8_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnspr4_1.7.8-1sarge8_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss-dev_1.7.8-1sarge8_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/libnss3_1.7.8-1sarge8_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla_1.7.8-1sarge8_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-browser_1.7.8-1sarge8_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-calendar_1.7.8-1sarge8_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-chatzilla_1.7.8-1sarge8_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dev_1.7.8-1sarge8_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-dom-inspector_1.7.8-1sarge8_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-js-debugger_1.7.8-1sarge8_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-mailnews_1.7.8-1sarge8_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla/mozilla-psm_1.7.8-1sarge8_sparc.deb

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