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[SM-Security] [SMGLSA-2006-24] firefox: Deleted Object Reference Vulnerability
- From: Ladislav Hagara <ladislav.hagara AT unob.cz>
- To: sm-security AT lists.ibiblio.org
- Subject: [SM-Security] [SMGLSA-2006-24] firefox: Deleted Object Reference Vulnerability
- Date: Wed, 03 May 2006 16:46:26 +0200
Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Firefox, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a reference to a deleted object when designMode is enabled. This can be exploited to corrupt the memory and cause a crash by calling the "contentWindow.focus()" method on a container with specially crafted content.
Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.
The vulnerability has been reported in versions 1.5 through 1.5.0.2.
Solution:
Update to version 1.5.0.3.
http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/
For more info:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-30.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/19802/
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1993
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All firefox users using devel, test and stable-rc griomoire should update to version 1.5.0.3. Users using stable grimoire (firefox 1.0.8) are not affected.
# sorcery system-update
or
# scribe update
# cast ethereal
or
# scribe update
# sorcery queue-security
# cast --queue
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Ladislav Hagara
- [SM-Security] [SMGLSA-2006-24] firefox: Deleted Object Reference Vulnerability, Ladislav Hagara, 05/03/2006
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