Security
Security
The Mozilla Firefox 1.5 line is vulnerable to a buffer overflow in the JavaScript extension which may in theory lead to remote execution of arbitrary code.
| Package | www-client/mozilla-firefox on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 1.5.0.3 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 1.5.0.3 < 1.5 |
| Package | www-client/mozilla-firefox-bin on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 1.5.0.3 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 1.5.0.3 < 1.5 |
Mozilla Firefox is the next-generation web browser from the Mozilla project.
Martijn Wargers and Nick Mott discovered a vulnerability when rendering malformed JavaScript content. The Mozilla Firefox 1.0 line is not affected.
If JavaScript is enabled, by tricking a user into visiting a malicious web page which would send a specially crafted HTML script that contains references to deleted objects with the "designMode" property enabled, an attacker can crash the web browser and in theory manage to execute arbitrary code with the rights of the user running the browser.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All Mozilla Firefox 1.5 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/mozilla-firefox-1.5.0.3"
All Mozilla Firefox 1.5 binary users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/mozilla-firefox-bin-1.5.0.3"
Release date
May 06, 2006
Latest revision
May 06, 2006: 01
Severity
normal
Exploitable
remote
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