[security bulletin] SSRT051041 rev.1 - HP-UX Mozilla Remote Unauthorized Execution of Privileged Code or Denial of Service (DoS)
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HP SECURITY BULLETIN
HPSBUX01231 REVISION: 1
SSRT051041 rev.1 - HP-UX Mozilla Remote Unauthorized Execution of
Privileged Code or Denial of Service (DoS)
NOTICE:
The information in this Security Bulletin should be acted upon
as soon as possible.
INITIAL RELEASE:
12 October 2005
POTENTIAL SECURITY IMPACT:
Remote execution of privileged code or Denial of Service (DoS)
SOURCE:
Hewlett-Packard Company
HP Software Security Response Team
VULNERABILITY SUMMARY:
A potential security vulnerability has been identified with HP-UX
running Mozilla, where the vulnerability could be exploited to
allow a remote, unauthorized user to execute privileged code or to
create a Denial of Service (DoS).
REFERENCES:
CAN-2005-2871, MSFA 2005-57
SUPPORTED SOFTWARE VERSIONS*: ONLY impacted versions are listed.
HP-UX B.11.00, B.11.11, B.11.22, B.11.23 running Mozilla 1.7.11
and previous.
BACKGROUND:
A potential vulnerability has been identified in the Mozilla
International Domain Name (IDN) support:
CAN-2005-2871 MFSA 2005-57
IDN heap overrun using soft-hyphens
AFFECTED VERSIONS
Note: To determine if a system has an affected version,
search the output of "swlist -a revision -l fileset"
for an affected fileset. Then determine if the
recommended patch or update is installed.
HP-UX B.11.00
HP-UX B.11.11
HP-UX B.11.22
HP-UX B.11.23
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Mozilla.MOZ-COM
action: disable IDN support in Mozilla.
END AFFECTED VERSIONS
RESOLUTION:
The vulnerability can be worked around by disabling IDN support.
Work around instructions are available here:
<https://addons.mozilla.org/messages/307259.html>
->Note: A preliminary version of Mozilla 1.7.12 is available for
-> HP-UX B.11.00, B.11.11, B.11.22, and B.11.23
-> from the url below. This preliminary version has
-> received minimal testing and is localized for English only.
-> Mozilla 1.7.12 resolves MFSA 2005-57 and other
-> vulnerabilities.
-><ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mozilla/releases/
mozilla1.7.12/contrib/>
->The md5 sums are:
->ec67c6bb71e292fafc9499fd829f179f
-> mozilla1.7.12-hppa2.0w-hp-hpux11.00.depot.gz
->c8f50c89d751bb057bf4e66c58b973e5
-> mozilla1.7.12-hppa2.0w-hp-hpux11.00.depot.gz.readme
->59e4c0e28d7006c916589debae847d15
-> mozilla1.7.12-ia64-hp-hpux11.22.depot.gz
->235b8769a6c48dfd17f73f02643fde46
-> mozilla1.7.12-ia64-hp-hpux11.22.depot.gz.readme
This bulletin will be revised when additional resolution
information is available.
MANUAL ACTIONS: Yes - NonUpdate
Disable Mozilla IDN support as described here:
<https://addons.mozilla.org/messages/307259.html>
BULLETIN REVISION HISTORY:
Revision 0: 3 October 2005
Initial release
Revision 1: 12 October 2005
Preliminary Mozilla 1.7.12 available.
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