Mozilla keyboard shortcut sequences allow access to clipboard

mozilla-shortcut-clipboard-access (17376)

Medium Risk

Description:

Mozilla could allow a remote attacker to gain access to a victim's clipboard, caused by improper handling of certain keyboard shortcut sequences. By creating a specially-crafted Web page, a remote attacker could obtain sensitive information or write to the victim's clipboard, once the Web page is visited.

Consequences:

Data Manipulation

Remedy:

For Mozilla Suite:
Upgrade to the latest version of Mozilla Suite (1.7.3 or later), available from the Mozilla Web site. See References.

For Mozilla Firefox:
Upgrade to the latest version of Mozilla Firefox (1.0PR or later), available from the Mozilla Web site. See References.

For Mozilla Thunderbird:
Upgrade to the latest version of Mozilla Thunderbird (0.8 or later), available from the Mozilla Web site. See References.

For Slackware Linux:
Upgrade to the latest Mozilla package, as listed below. Refer to slackware-security Mailing List, Wed, 22 Sep 2004 13:39:12 -0700 (PDT) for more information. See References.

Slackware Linux 10 and -current: 1.7.3-i486-1 or later

For Red Hat Linux:
Upgrade to the latest mozilla package, as listed below. Refer to RHSA-2004:486-18 for more information. See References.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 2.1), ES (v. 2.1), WS (v. 2.1), and Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for the Itanium Processor: 1.4.3-2.1.4 or later
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3), ES (v. 3), WS (v. 3), Desktop: 1.4.3-3.0.4.x86_64 or later

For HP Tru64 Unix 5.1A and 5.1B:
Apply the appropriate patch for your system, as listed in Hewlett-Packard Company Security Bulletin HPSBTU01081. See References.

For SuSE Linux:
Apply the update for this vulnerability, as listed in SuSE Security Announcement SUSE-SA:2004:036. See References.

For Mandrake Linux:
Upgrade to the latest mozilla package, as listed below. Refer to MandrakeSoft Security Advisory MDKSA-2004:107 for more information. See References.

Mandrake Linux 10.0: 1.6-12.2.100mdk or later

For Conectiva Linux:
Upgrade to the latest mozilla package, as listed below. Refer to Conectiva Linux Security Announcement CLSA-2004:877 for more information. See References.

Conectiva Linux 10.0: 1.7.3-60868U10_1cl or later
Conectiva Linux 9: 1.7.3-27852U90_4cl or later

For Sun Solaris:
Apply the appropriate patch for your system, as listed below. Refer to Sun Alert ID: 57701 for more information. See References.

SPARC
Solaris 8: 117765-02 or later
Solaris 9: 117767-02 or later

x86 Platform
Solaris 8: 117766-02 or later
Solaris 9: 117768-02 or later

Linux
Sun Java Desktop System (JDS) 2003: 118937-01 or later
Sun Java Desktop System (JDS) Release 2: 118492-02 or later

For other distributions:
Contact your vendor for upgrade or patch information.

References:

• Conectiva Linux Security Announcement CLSA-2004:877: New upstream for mozilla.
• Mozilla Bugzilla Bug 257523: Text fields give scripts access to the user's clipboard.
• Mozilla Web site: Mozilla - Home of the Firefox web browser, Thunderbird and the Mozilla Suite.
• slackware-security Mailing List, Wed, 22 Sep 2004 13:39:12 -0700 (PDT): [slackware-security] Mozilla (SSA:2004-266-03).
• Sun Alert ID: 57701: Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in Mozilla.
• BID-11179: Mozilla/Firefox Browsers Unauthorized Clipboard Contents Disclosure
• CVE-2004-0908: Mozilla Firefox before the Preview Release, Mozilla before 1.7.3, and Thunderbird before 0.8 allows untrusted Javascript code to read and write to the clipboard, and possibly obtain sensitive information, via script-generated events such as Ctrl-Ins.
• GLSA-200409-26: Mozilla, Firefox, Thunderbird, Epiphany: New releases fix vulnerabilities
• MDKSA-2004:107: Updated mozilla packages fix vulnerabilities
• RHSA-2004-486: mozilla security update
• SA12526: Mozilla Multiple Vulnerabilities
• SUSE-SA:2004:036: mozilla: various vulnerabilities
• US-CERT VU#460528: Mozilla fails to properly handle script-generated events

Platforms Affected:

• Compaq Tru64 5.1a
• Compaq Tru64 5.1b
• Conectiva Linux 10
• Conectiva Linux 9.0
• Gentoo Linux
• MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 10.0 AMD64
• MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 10.0
• Mozilla Firefox 0.7
• Mozilla Firefox 0.8
• Mozilla Firefox 0.9
• Mozilla Firefox 0.9 rc
• Mozilla Firefox 0.9.1
• Mozilla Firefox 0.9.2
• Mozilla Firefox 0.9.3
• Mozilla Mozilla 0.9.2
• Mozilla Mozilla 1.0
• Mozilla Mozilla 1.0 rc1
• Mozilla Mozilla 1.0.1
• Mozilla Mozilla 1.0.2
• Mozilla Mozilla 1.1
• Mozilla Mozilla 1.1 Alpha
• Mozilla Mozilla 1.1 Beta
• Mozilla Mozilla 1.2
• Mozilla Mozilla 1.2 Beta
• Mozilla Mozilla 1.2 Alpha
• Mozilla Mozilla 1.2.1
• Mozilla Mozilla 1.3
• Mozilla Mozilla 1.3.1
• Mozilla Mozilla 1.4
• Mozilla Mozilla 1.4 Alpha
• Mozilla Mozilla 1.4 Beta
• Mozilla Mozilla 1.4.1
• Mozilla Mozilla 1.4.2
• Mozilla Mozilla 1.4.4
• Mozilla Mozilla 1.5 rc1
• Mozilla Mozilla 1.5
• Mozilla Mozilla 1.5 Alpha
• Mozilla Mozilla 1.5 rc2
• Mozilla Mozilla 1.5.1
• Mozilla Mozilla 1.6
• Mozilla Mozilla 1.6 Beta
• Mozilla Mozilla 1.6 Alpha
• Mozilla Mozilla 1.7 Alpha
• Mozilla Mozilla 1.7 rc1
• Mozilla Mozilla 1.7
• Mozilla Mozilla 1.7 rc2
• Mozilla Mozilla 1.7 Beta
• Mozilla Mozilla 1.7 rc3
• Mozilla Mozilla 1.7.1
• Mozilla Mozilla 1.7.2
• Mozilla Thunderbird 0.1
• Mozilla Thunderbird 0.2
• Mozilla Thunderbird 0.3
• Mozilla Thunderbird 0.4
• Mozilla Thunderbird 0.5
• Mozilla Thunderbird 0.6
• Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7
• Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.1
• Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.2
• Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.3
• Netscape Navigator 7.2
• RedHat Enterprise Linux 2.1 AS
• RedHat Enterprise Linux 2.1 ES
• RedHat Enterprise Linux 2.1 WS
• RedHat Enterprise Linux 2.1 AW
• RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 Desktop
• RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 AS
• RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 ES
• RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 WS
• RedHat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 Itanium
• Slackware Slackware Linux 10.0
• Slackware Slackware Linux current
• Sun JDS 2003
• Sun JDS Release 2
• Sun Solaris 8
• Sun Solaris 9
• SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8
• SUSE SuSE Linux 8.1
• SUSE SuSE Linux 8.2
• SUSE SuSE Linux 9.0
• SUSE SuSE Linux 9.1
• SuSE SuSE Linux Desktop 1.0
• SuSE SuSE SLES 9

Reported:

Sep 14, 2004

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