Mozilla Firefox JavaScript and Browser Engine Memory Corruption Bugs May Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1022090 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1022090
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2009-1302, CVE-2009-1303, CVE-2009-1304, CVE-2009-1305
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Apr 22 2009
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Impact:
Execution of arbitrary code via network, User access via network
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): 2.x, 3.0 prior to 3.0.9
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Description:
Several vulnerabilities were reported in Mozilla Firefox. A remote user can cause arbitrary code to be executed on the target user's system.
A remote user can create specially crafted HTML that, when loaded by the target user, will trigger a memory corruption error and execute arbitrary code on the target system. The code will run with the privileges of the target user.
The browser engine is affected [CVE-2009-1302, CVE-2009-1303].
The layout engine is affected [CVE-2009-1304, CVE-2009-1305].
Olli Pettay, Martijn Wargers, Mats Palmgren, Romaxa, Jesse Ruderman, Gary Kwong, Igor Bukanov and Bob Clary reported these vulnerabilities.
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Impact:
A remote user can create HTML that, when loaded by the target user, will execute arbitrary code on the target user's system.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a fix (3.0.9).
The vendor's advisory is available at:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-14.html
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Vendor URL: www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-14.html (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Access control error
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Underlying OS:
Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)
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Message History:
This archive entry has one or more follow-up message(s) listed below.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:20:47 -0400
Subject: Mozilla Firefox
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http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-14.html
CVE-2009-1302
CVE-2009-1303
CVE-2009-1304
CVE-2009-1305
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