Multiple Mozilla products event handler cross-site scripting
| mozilla-eventhandler-xss (25806) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Multiple Mozilla products, including Firefox, Thunderbird, Mozilla Suite and SeaMonkey, are vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper handling of JavaScript by multiple event handlers. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a modal alert to suspend an event handler, the eval() function, the new Script() function, or the eval() function with window.__proto__ to execute malicious JavaScript in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting site, allowing the attacker to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials or other sensitive information.
Platforms Affected:
- Canonical, Ubuntu 4.10
- Canonical, Ubuntu 5.04
- Canonical, Ubuntu 5.10
- Debian, Debian Linux 3.1
- Gentoo, Linux
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2006 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2006
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.0
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.0.1
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.0.2
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.0.3
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.0.4
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.0.5
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.0.6
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.0.7
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.5 Beta2
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.5 Beta1
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.5
- Mozilla, Mozilla Suite 1.7.10
- Mozilla, Mozilla Suite 1.7.11
- Mozilla, Mozilla Suite 1.7.12
- Mozilla, Mozilla Suite 1.7.6
- Mozilla, Mozilla Suite 1.7.7
- Mozilla, Mozilla Suite 1.7.8
- Mozilla, SeaMonkey 1.0 Beta
- Mozilla, SeaMonkey 1.0 Alpha
- Mozilla, Thunderbird 1.0
- Mozilla, Thunderbird 1.0.1
- Mozilla, Thunderbird 1.0.2
- Mozilla, Thunderbird 1.0.3
- Mozilla, Thunderbird 1.0.4
- Mozilla, Thunderbird 1.0.5
- Mozilla, Thunderbird 1.0.5 Beta
- Mozilla, Thunderbird 1.0.6
- Mozilla, Thunderbird 1.0.7
- Mozilla, Thunderbird 1.5
- Mozilla, Thunderbird 1.5 Beta2
- Mozilla, Thunderbird 1.5.0.1
- Novell, Linux Desktop 9
- Novell, UnitedLinux 1.0
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 2.1 AS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 2.1 ES
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 2.1 WS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 WS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 Desktop
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 AS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 ES
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 Desktop
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 WS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 AS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 ES
- RedHat, Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 Itanium
- SuSE, Linux Enterprise Server 8
- SuSE, SuSE Linux 10.0
- SuSE, SuSE Linux 9.1
- SuSE, SuSE Linux 9.2
- SuSE, SuSE Linux 9.3
- SuSE, SuSE Linux Desktop 1.0
- SuSE, SuSE SLES 9
Remedy:
Refer to Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2006-09 for upgrade or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Debian GNU/Linux (Mozilla):
Refer to DSA-1046-1 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Debian GNU/Linux (Firefox):
Refer to DSA-1044-1 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Debian GNU/Linux (Thunderbird):
Refer to DSA-1051-1 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Gentoo Linux (Thunderbird):
Refer to Gentoo Linux Security Announcement GLSA 2006-05-09 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Gentoo Linux (Firefox):
Refer to Gentoo Linux Security Announcement GLSA 2006-04-12 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Gentoo Linux (Mozilla):
Refer to Gentoo Linux Security Announcement GLSA 2006-04-18 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Ubuntu Linux:
Refer to USN-271-1 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Sun Solaris 10:
Apply the appropriate patch for your system, as listed in Sun Alert ID: 102550. See References.
For SUSE Linux:
Refer to SUSE Security Announcement SUSE-SA:2006:021 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For SUSE Linux:
Refer to SUSE Security Announcement SUSE-SA:2006:022 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For other distributions:
Contact your vendor for upgrade or patch information.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- MFSA 2006-09, Cross-site JavaScript injection using event handlers at http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-09.html.
- Mozilla Web site, Firefox - Rediscover the Web at http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/.
- Mozilla Web site, The SeaMonkey Project at http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/.
- Mozilla Web site, Mozilla Suite at http://www.mozilla.org/products/mozilla1.x/.
- Mozilla Web site, Thunderbird at http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/.
- Sun Alert ID: 102550, Multiple Security Vulnerabilites in Mozilla 1.4 and 1.7 for Solaris and for Sun JDS for Linux at http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102550-1.
- ASA-2006-085: Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird security update (RHSA-2006-0328 RHSA-2006-0329 RHSA-2006-330)
- CVE-2006-1741: Mozilla Firefox 1.x before 1.5 and 1.0.x before 1.0.8, Mozilla Suite before 1.7.13, and SeaMonkey before 1.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary Javascript into other sites by (1) using a modal alert to suspend an event handler while a new page is being loaded, (2) using eval(), and using certain variants involving (3) new Script; and (4) using window.__proto__ to extend eval, aka cross-site JavaScript injection.
- DSA-1044: mozilla-firefox -- several vulnerabilities
- DSA-1046: mozilla -- several vulnerabilities
- DSA-1051: mozilla-thunderbird -- several vulnerabilities
- GLSA-200604-12: Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities
- GLSA-200604-18: Mozilla Suite: Multiple vulnerabilities
- GLSA-200605-09: Mozilla Thunderbird: Multiple vulnerabilities
- MDKSA-2006:076: Updated mozilla packages fix numerous vulnerabilities
- MDKSA-2006:078: Updated mozilla-thunderbird packages fix numerous vulnerabilities
- RHSA-2006-0328: firefox security update
- RHSA-2006-0329: mozilla security update
- RHSA-2006-0330: thunderbird security update
- SA19631: Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SUSE-SA:2006:021: Mozilla Firefox and Mozilla suite various security problems
- SUSE-SA:2006:022: MozillaThunderbird various problems
- USN-271-1: Firefox vulnerabilities
- USN-275-1: Mozilla vulnerabilities
- USN-276-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-1356: Mozilla Products Memory Corruption and Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities
Reported:
Apr 13, 2006
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