Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | mozilla security update |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | RHSA-2005:277 | First vendor Publication | 2005-03-04 |
| Vendor | RedHat | Last vendor Modification | 2005-03-04 |
| Severity (Vendor) | Critical | Revision | 01 |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
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| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | |||
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| Cvss Base Score | 5 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 2.9 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 10 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| Problem Description: Updated mozilla packages that fix a buffer overflow issue are now available. This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64 3. Problem description: Mozilla is an open source Web browser, advanced email and newsgroup client, IRC chat client, and HTML editor. A bug was found in the Mozilla string handling functions. If a malicious website is able to exhaust a system's memory, it becomes possible to execute arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2005-0255 to this issue. Please note that other security issues have been found that affect Mozilla. These other issues have a lower severity, and are therefore planned to be released as additional security updates in the future. Users of Mozilla should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch and are not vulnerable to these issues. 4. Solution: Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. Use Red Hat Network to download and update your packages. To launch the Red Hat Update Agent, use the following command: up2date For information on how to install packages manually, refer to the following Web page for the System Administration or Customization guide specific to your system: http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/ 5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 150124 - CAN-2005-0255 Memory overwrite in string library |
Original Source
| Url : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-277.html |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:100040 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:100040 | ||
| Title: | Mozilla String Library Memory Overwrite Vulnerability | ||
| Description: | String handling functions in Mozilla 1.7.3, Firefox 1.0, and Thunderbird before 1.0.2, such as the nsTSubstring_CharT::Replace function, do not properly check the return values of other functions that resize the string, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code by forcing an out-of-memory state that causes a reallocation to fail and return a pointer to a fixed address, which leads to heap corruption. | ||
| Family: | windows | Class: | vulnerability |
| Reference(s): | CVE-2005-0255 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Microsoft Windows NT Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft Windows XP Microsoft Windows Server 2003 | Product(s): | mozilla Mozilla Firefox Mozilla Thunderbird |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
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| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9111 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9111 | ||
| Title: | The TimeZone.getTimeZone method in Sun Java SE 5.0 before Update 22 and 6 before Update 17, and OpenJDK, allows remote attackers to determine the existence of local files via vectors related to handling of zoneinfo (aka tz) files, aka Bug Id 6824265. | ||
| Description: | String handling functions in Mozilla 1.7.3, Firefox 1.0, and Thunderbird before 1.0.2, such as the nsTSubstring_CharT::Replace function, do not properly check the return values of other functions that resize the string, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code by forcing an out-of-memory state that causes a reallocation to fail and return a pointer to a fixed address, which leads to heap corruption. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability |
| Reference(s): | CVE-2005-0255 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 CentOS Linux 4 Oracle Linux 4 | Product(s): | |
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CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2008-09-24 | Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200503-10 (Firefox) File : nvt/glsa_200503_10.nasl |
| 2008-09-24 | Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200503-30 (Mozilla) File : nvt/glsa_200503_30.nasl |
| 2008-09-24 | Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200503-32 (Thunderbird) File : nvt/glsa_200503_32.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 14195 | Mozilla Multiple Products MutatePrep string Library Overflow |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2006-01-15 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-149-3.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-10-24 | Name : The remote host is missing a vendor-supplied security patch File : suse_SA_2005_016.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-09-12 | Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2005-247.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-03-25 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-200503-30.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-03-25 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-200503-32.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-03-25 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update. File : redhat-RHSA-2005-337.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-03-23 | Name : A web browser installed on the remote host contains multiple vulnerabilities. File : mozilla_176.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-03-06 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-200503-10.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-03-04 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2005-277.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-03-02 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update. File : redhat-RHSA-2005-176.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-02-25 | Name : The remote Windows host contains a web browser that is affected by multiple v... File : mozilla_firefox_101.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
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| 2014-02-17 11:49:09 |
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