Executive Summary

Summary
Title Mozilla products vulnerable to memory corruption in the JavaScript engine
Informations
Name VU#755513 First vendor Publication 2007-10-19
Vendor VU-CERT Last vendor Modification 2007-10-19
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision M

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
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:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 4.3 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Vulnerability Note VU#755513

Mozilla products vulnerable to memory corruption in the JavaScript engine

Overview

A number of vulnerabilities in the Mozilla JavaScript engine may allow the execution of arbitrary code or denial of service.

I. Description

The Mozilla JavaScript engine contains several vulnerabilities that may result in memory corruption. The impact of this memory corruption in specific cases is unclear. According to Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory MFSA 2007-29:

    As part of the Firefox 2.0.0.8 update releases Mozilla developers fixed many bugs to improve the stability of the product. Some of these crashes showed evidence of memory corruption under certain circumstances and we presume that with enough effort at least some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code.

Information about the individual flaws causing the vulnerabilities addressed in this update can be found in the references section of this document.
Note that the Thunderbird email client also uses the Mozilla JavaScript engine and could be affected by these vulnerabilities if JavaScript is enabled (it is disabled by default).

II. Impact

Potential impacts of these vulnerabilities include remote execution of arbitrary code and denial of service.

III. Solution

Upgrade

These vulnerabilities are addressed in Firefox 2.0.0.8, Thunderbird 2.0.0.8, and SeaMonkey 1.1.5.

Users that are unable to update should consider the following workaround:

Disable JavaScript

For instructions on how to disable JavaScript in Firefox, please refer to the Firefox section of the Securing Your Web Browser document.

Systems Affected

VendorStatusDate Updated
MozillaVulnerable19-Oct-2007

References


http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-29.html
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=372309
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=387955
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=390078
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=393537

Credit

Thanks to Mozilla for reporting this vulnerability. Mozilla credits Igor Bukanov, Eli Friedman, and Jesse Ruderman with reporting these issues to them.

This document was written by Chad R Dougherty.

Other Information

Date Public10/19/2007
Date First Published10/19/2007 02:45:36 PM
Date Last Updated10/19/2007
CERT Advisory 
CVE NameCVE-2007-5340
Metric10.13
Document Revision9

Original Source

Url : http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/755513

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17867
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17867
Title: DSA-1391-1 icedove - several vulnerabilities
Description: Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Icedove mail client, an unbranded version of the Thunderbird client.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-1391-1
CVE-2007-3734
CVE-2007-3735
CVE-2007-3844
CVE-2007-3845
CVE-2007-5339
CVE-2007-5340
 Version: 7
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
 Product(s): icedove
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21818
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21818
Title: ELSA-2007:0979: firefox security update (Critical)
Description: Multiple vulnerabilities in the Javascript engine in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.8, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.8, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.5 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted HTML that triggers memory corruption.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2007:0979-02
CVE-2007-1095
CVE-2007-2292
CVE-2007-3511
CVE-2007-3844
CVE-2007-5334
CVE-2007-5337
CVE-2007-5338
CVE-2007-5339
CVE-2007-5340
 Version: 41
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 5
 Product(s): firefox
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22422
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22422
Title: ELSA-2007:0981: thunderbird security update (Moderate)
Description: Multiple vulnerabilities in the Javascript engine in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.8, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.8, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.5 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted HTML that triggers memory corruption.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2007:0981-02
CVE-2007-1095
CVE-2007-2292
CVE-2007-3511
CVE-2007-3844
CVE-2007-5334
CVE-2007-5337
CVE-2007-5338
CVE-2007-5339
CVE-2007-5340
 Version: 41
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 5
 Product(s): thunderbird
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9622
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9622
Title: Multiple vulnerabilities in the Javascript engine in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.8, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.8, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.5 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted HTML that triggers memory corruption.
Description: Multiple vulnerabilities in the Javascript engine in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.8, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.8, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.5 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted HTML that triggers memory corruption.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2007-5340
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
CentOS Linux 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Oracle Linux 5
 Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 91
Application 25
Application 64

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-10-10 Name : SLES9: Security update for Mozilla
File : nvt/sles9p5018527.nasl
2009-05-05 Name : HP-UX Update for Thunderbird HPSBUX02156
File : nvt/gb_hp_ux_HPSBUX02156.nasl
2009-04-09 Name : Mandriva Update for mozilla-firefox MDKSA-2007:202 (mozilla-firefox)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDKSA_2007_202.nasl
2009-04-09 Name : Mandriva Update for mozilla-thunderbird MDVSA-2007:047 (mozilla-thunderbird)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2007_047.nasl
2009-03-23 Name : Ubuntu Update for firefox vulnerabilities USN-535-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_535_1.nasl
2009-03-23 Name : Ubuntu Update for mozilla-thunderbird, thunderbird vulnerabilities USN-536-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_536_1.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : Fedora Update for seamonkey FEDORA-2007-2601
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2007_2601_seamonkey_fc7.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : Fedora Update for firefox FEDORA-2007-2664
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2007_2664_firefox_fc7.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : Fedora Update for seamonkey FEDORA-2007-2795
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2007_2795_seamonkey_fc8.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : Fedora Update for thunderbird FEDORA-2007-3414
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2007_3414_thunderbird_fc8.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : Fedora Update for thunderbird FEDORA-2007-3431
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2007_3431_thunderbird_fc7.nasl
2009-01-28 Name : SuSE Update for MozillaFirefox,mozilla,seamonkey SUSE-SA:2007:057
File : nvt/gb_suse_2007_057.nasl
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200711-14 (firefox seamonkey xulrunner)
File : nvt/glsa_200711_14.nasl
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200711-24 (mozilla-thunderbird mozilla-thunderb...
File : nvt/glsa_200711_24.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1396-1 (icedove)
File : nvt/deb_1396_1.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1401-1 (iceape)
File : nvt/deb_1401_1.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1391-1 (icedove)
File : nvt/deb_1391_1.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1392-1 (xulrunner)
File : nvt/deb_1392_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
38044 Mozilla Multiple Products JavaScript Engine Multiple Unspecified Memory Corr...

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2007-0981.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2007-0980.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2007-0979.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing a security update.
File : sl_20071019_thunderbird_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20071019_seamonkey_on_SL4_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20071019_firefox_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2008-047.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2007-202.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-01-10 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_MozillaThunderbird-4874.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-12-20 Name : The remote Windows host contains a mail client that is affected by multiple v...
File : mozilla_thunderbird_15014.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-12-13 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_MozillaThunderbird-4811.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-12-13 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_MozillaFirefox-4570.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-20 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200711-24.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-16 Name : The remote Windows host contains a mail client that is affected by multiple v...
File : mozilla_thunderbird_2009.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-16 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2007-3431.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-16 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2007-3414.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-14 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200711-14.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-10 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-535-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-10 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-536-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-07 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2007-2795.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-06 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2007-2664.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-06 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1401.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-06 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2007-2601.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-30 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1396.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-26 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_seamonkey-4596.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-25 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.
File : redhat-RHSA-2007-0981.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-25 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2007-0980.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-25 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2007-0979.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-25 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1392.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-25 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1391.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-25 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.
File : centos_RHSA-2007-0981.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-25 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_seamonkey-4594.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-25 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2007-0980.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-25 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2007-0979.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-24 Name : A web browser on the remote host is prone to multiple flaws.
File : seamonkey_115.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-24 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_MozillaFirefox-4572.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-24 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_MozillaFirefox-4574.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-19 Name : The remote Windows host contains a web browser that is affected by multiple v...
File : mozilla_firefox_2008.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO