Multiple vulnerabilities in Mozilla products

Multiple vulnerabilities in Mozilla products
Original release date: September 17, 2004
Last revised: --
Source: US-CERT
Systems Affected

Mozilla software, including the following:

* Mozilla web browser, email and newsgroup client
* Firefox web browser
* Thunderbird email client

Overview

Several vulnerabilities exist in the Mozilla web browser and derived
products, the most serious of which could allow a remote attacker to
execute arbitrary code on an affected system.
I. Description

Several vulnerabilities have been reported in the Mozilla web browser
and derived products. More detailed information is available in the
individual vulnerability notes:

VU#414240 - Mozilla Mail vulnerable to buffer overflow via
writeGroup() function in nsVCardObj.cpp

Mozilla Mail contains a stack overflow vulnerability in the display
routines for VCards. By sending an email message with a crafted VCard,
a remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code on the
victim's machine with the privileges of the current user. This can be
exploited in the preview mode as well.

VU#847200 - Mozilla contains integer overflows in bitmap image decoder

A vulnerability in the way Mozilla and its derived programs handle
certain bitmap images could allow a remote attacker to execute
arbitrary code on a vulnerable system.

VU#808216 - Mozilla contains heap overflow in UTF8 conversion of
hostname portion of URLs

A vulnerability in the way Mozilla and its derived programs handle
certain malformed URLs could allow a remote attacker to execute
arbitrary code on a vulnerable system.

VU#125776 - Multiple buffer overflows in Mozilla POP3 protocol handler

There are multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities in the Mozilla POP3
protocol handler that could allow a malicious POP3 server to execute
arbitrary code on the affected system.

VU#327560 - Mozilla "send page" feature contains a buffer overflow
vulnerability

There is a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Mozilla "send page"
feature that could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.

VU#651928 - Mozilla allows arbitrary code execution via link dragging

A vulnerability affecting Mozilla web browsers may allow violation of
cross-domain scripting policies and possibly execute code originating
from a remote source.
II. Impact

These vulnerabilities could allow a remote attacker to execute
arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the affected
application.

VU#847200 could also allow a remote attacker to crash an affected
application.
III. Solution
Upgrade to a patched version

Mozilla has released versions of the affected software that contain
patches for these issues:

* Mozilla 1.7.3
* Firefox Preview Release
* Thunderbird 0.8

Users are strongly encouraged to upgrade to one of these versions.

Appendix A. References

* Mozilla Security Advisory -
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html
* Mozilla 1.7.2 non-ascii hostname heap overrun, Gaël Delalleau -
http://www.zencomsec.com/advisories/mozilla-1.7.2-UTF8link.txt
* Security Audit of Mozilla's .bmp image parsing, Gaël Delalleau -
http://www.zencomsec.com/advisories/mozilla-1.7.2-BMP.txt
* Security Audit of Mozilla's POP3 client protocol, Gaël Delalleau
- http://www.zencomsec.com/advisories/mozilla-1.7.2-POP3.txt
* US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#414240 -
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/414240
* US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#847200 -
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/847200
* US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#808216 -
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/808216
* US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#125776 -
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/125776
* US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#327560 -
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/327560
* US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#651928 -
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/651928


Mozilla has assigned credit for reporting of these issue to the
following:

* VU#414240: Georgi Guninski
* VU#847200: Gaël Delalleau
* VU#808216: Gaël Delalleau and Mats Palmgren
* VU#125776: Gaël Delalleau
* VU#327560: Georgi Guninski
* VU#651928: Jesse Ruderman

Feedback can be directed to the US-CERT Technical Staff.

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Revision History

Sep 17, 2004: Initial release


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firefox and most Mozilla products become slow and useless when a new vertion
comes out. And regarding the vulnerabilities, mozilla had a download that
stoped shell websites. Sadly you had to be given the link since it was almost
impossible to find in the main website. And firefox is still a quick and good
brwser. No offece for I-Explorer, but you should think of making a faster web
browser and more secrue.
Since firefox is not good to download win updates .