Multiple Mozilla products URI double-quote and space filtering command execution
| mozilla-uri-ext-command-execution (38327) |  High Risk |
Description:
Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by improper filtering of double-quotes and spaces in certain Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs), including the mailto, nntp, news, snews, and telnet protocol handlers on Microsoft Windows systems. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web page that calls one of the vulnerable protocol handlers, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject and execute arbitrary shell commands on the system.
Platforms Affected:
- Canonical, Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
- Canonical, Ubuntu 6.10
- Canonical, Ubuntu 7.04
- Debian, Debian Linux 4.0
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2007 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2007
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2007.1 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2007.1
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2008.0
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2008.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0 X86_64
- Mozilla, Firefox 2.0
- Mozilla, Firefox 2.0.0.1
- Mozilla, Firefox 2.0.0.2
- Mozilla, Firefox 2.0.0.3
- Mozilla, Firefox 2.0.0.4
- Mozilla, Firefox 2.0.0.5
- Mozilla, SeaMonkey 1.1.0
- Mozilla, SeaMonkey 1.1.1
- Mozilla, SeaMonkey 1.1.2
- Mozilla, SeaMonkey 1.1.3
- Mozilla, Thunderbird 1.5
- Mozilla, Thunderbird 1.5.0.1
- Mozilla, Thunderbird 1.5.0.10
- Mozilla, Thunderbird 1.5.0.11
- Mozilla, Thunderbird 1.5.0.12
- Mozilla, Thunderbird 1.5.0.2
- Mozilla, Thunderbird 1.5.0.3
- Mozilla, Thunderbird 1.5.0.4
- Mozilla, Thunderbird 1.5.0.5
- Mozilla, Thunderbird 1.5.0.6
- Mozilla, Thunderbird 1.5.0.7
- Mozilla, Thunderbird 1.5.0.8
- Mozilla, Thunderbird 1.5.0.9
- Mozilla, Thunderbird 2.0.0.0
- Mozilla, Thunderbird 2.0.0.1
- Mozilla, Thunderbird 2.0.0.2
- Mozilla, Thunderbird 2.0.0.3
- Mozilla, Thunderbird 2.0.0.4
- Mozilla, Thunderbird 2.0.0.5
- Novell, Linux Desktop 9
- Novell, Linux POS 9
- Novell, Open Enterprise Server
- Novell, Open Enterprise Server
- Novell, OpenSUSE 10.2
- Novell, OpenSUSE 10.3
- Novell, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP1
- Novell, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
- Novell, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1
- Novell, UnitedLinux 1.0
- Sun, Solaris 10 x86
- Sun, Solaris 10 SPARC
- SuSE, SuSE Linux Retail Solution 8
- SuSE, SuSE SLES 9
Remedy:
Refer to MFSA 2007-27 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For other distributions:
Apply the appropriate update for your system. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- Bugzilla@Mozilla - Bug 389106, (CVE-2007-3845) - Escape URIs (especially quotes) when passing them to external protocol handlers at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=389106.
- Jesper's Blog, 20 July 2007 10:25 PM, Hey, Mozilla: Quotes Are Not Legal in a URL at http://msinfluentials.com/blogs/jesper/archive/2007/07/20/hey-mozilla-quotes-are-not-legal-in-a-url.aspx.
- MFSA 2007-27, Unescaped URIs passed to external programs at http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-27.html.
- Sun Alert ID: 103177, Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in Firefox and Thunderbird for Solaris 10 May Allow Execution of Arbitrary Code and Access to Unauthorized Data at http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103177-1.
- ASA-2008-008: Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in Firefox and Thunderbird for Solaris 10 May Allow Execution of Arbitrary Code and Access to Unauthorized Data (Sun 103177)
- BID-25053: Multiple Browser URI Handlers Command Injection Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2007-3845: Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.6, Thunderbird before 1.5.0.13 and 2.x before 2.0.0.6, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.4 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via certain vectors associated with launching a file handling program based on the file extension at the end of the URI
- DSA-1344: iceweasel -- several vulnerabilities
- DSA-1345: xulrunner -- several vulnerabilities
- DSA-1346: iceape -- several vulnerabilities
- DSA-1391: icedove -- several vulnerabilities
- FrSIRT/ADV-2007-4256: Sun Solaris Firefox and Thunderbird Command Execution Vulnerabilities
- FrSIRT/ADV-2008-0082: HP-UX Security Update Fixes Thunderbird Code Execution Vulnerabilities
- MDKSA-2007:152: Updated Firefox packages fix multiple vulnerabilities
- MDVSA-2007:047: Updated Thunderbird packages fix multiple vulnerabilities
- MDVSA-2008:047: Updated Thunderbird packages fix multiple vulnerabilities
- SA28135: Sun Solaris Firefox / Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SUSE-SA:2007:057: Mozilla Security Update
- US-CERT VU#783400: Mozilla Firefox URI filtering vulnerability
- USN-493-1: Firefox vulnerabilities
- USN-503-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Reported:
Jul 20, 2007
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