March 2005
Gentoo - Five Security Advisories
ID: 00242
Ref: 211/05
Date: 29 March 2005:16:29:09
Version: 1
Title: Gentoo - Five Security Advisories
Abstract:
Vendors affected: Gentoo
Operating systems affected: Gentoo
Applications affected: Gentoo
Title
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Gentoo - Five Security Advisories:
1. Sun Java: Web Start argument injection vulnerability [GLSA 200503-28]
2. Mozilla Suite: Multiple vulnerabilities [GLSA 200503-30]
3. Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities [GLSA 200503-31]
4. Mozilla Thunderbird: Multiple vulnerabilities [GLSA 200503-32]
5. IPsec-Tools: racoon Denial of Service [GLSA 200503-33]
Detail
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Security Advisory summaries:
1. Java Web Start JNLP files can be abused to evade sandbox restriction
and execute arbitrary code.
2. The Mozilla Suite is vulnerable to multiple issues ranging from the
remote execution of arbitrary code to various issues allowing to trick
the user into trusting fake web sites or interacting with privileged
content.
3. Mozilla Firefox 1.0.2 fixes new security vulnerabilities, including the
remote execution of arbitrary code through malicious GIF images or
sidebars.
4. Mozilla Thunderbird is vulnerable to multiple issues, including the
remote execution of arbitrary code through malicious GIF images.
5. IPsec-Tools' racoon is affected by a remote Denial of Service
vulnerability.
Security Advisory content follows:
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200503-28
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Severity: Normal
Title: Sun Java: Web Start argument injection vulnerability
Date: March 24, 2005
Bugs: #85804
ID: 200503-28
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Synopsis
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Java Web Start JNLP files can be abused to evade sandbox restriction
and execute arbitrary code.
Background
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Sun provides implementations of Java Development Kits (JDK) and Java
Runtime Environments (JRE). These implementations provide the Java Web
Start technology that can be used for easy client-side deployment of
Java applications.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-java/sun-jdk < 1.4.2.07 >= 1.4.2.07
< 1.4.2
2 dev-java/sun-jre-bin < 1.4.2.07 >= 1.4.2.07
< 1.4.2
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2 affected packages on all of their supported architectures.
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Description
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Jouko Pynnonen discovered that Java Web Start contains a vulnerability
in the way it handles property tags in JNLP files.
Impact
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By enticing a user to open a malicious JNLP file, a remote attacker
could pass command line arguments to the Java Virtual machine, which
can be used to bypass the Java "sandbox" and to execute arbitrary code
with the permissions of the user running the application.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All Sun JDK users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-java/sun-jdk-1.4.2.07"
All Sun JRE users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-java/sun-jre-bin-1.4.2.07"
References
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[ 1 ] Jouko Pynnonen advisory
http://jouko.iki.fi/adv/ws.html
[ 2 ] Sun Microsystems Alert Notification
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57740-1
Availability
============
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200503-28.xml
Concerns?
=========
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
=======
Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200503-30
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Severity: Normal
Title: Mozilla Suite: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: March 25, 2005
Bugs: #84074
ID: 200503-30
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Synopsis
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The Mozilla Suite is vulnerable to multiple issues ranging from the
remote execution of arbitrary code to various issues allowing to trick
the user into trusting fake web sites or interacting with privileged
content.
Background
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The Mozilla Suite is a popular all-in-one web browser that includes a
mail and news reader.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 www-client/mozilla < 1.7.6 >= 1.7.6
2 www-client/mozilla-bin < 1.7.6 >= 1.7.6
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2 affected packages on all of their supported architectures.
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Description
===========
The following vulnerabilities were found and fixed in the Mozilla
Suite:
* Mark Dowd from ISS X-Force reported an exploitable heap overrun in
the GIF processing of obsolete Netscape extension 2 (CAN-2005-0399)
* Michael Krax reported that plugins can be used to load privileged
content and trick the user to interact with it (CAN-2005-0232,
CAN-2005-0527)
* Michael Krax also reported potential spoofing or
cross-site-scripting issues through overlapping windows, image or
scrollbar drag-and-drop, and by dropping javascript: links on tabs
(CAN-2005-0230, CAN-2005-0231, CAN-2005-0401, CAN-2005-0591)
* Daniel de Wildt and Gael Delalleau discovered a memory overwrite in
a string library (CAN-2005-0255)
* Wind Li discovered a possible heap overflow in UTF8 to Unicode
conversion (CAN-2005-0592)
* Eric Johanson reported that Internationalized Domain Name (IDN)
features allow homograph attacks (CAN-2005-0233)
* Mook, Doug Turner, Kohei Yoshino and M. Deaudelin reported various
ways of spoofing the SSL "secure site" indicator (CAN-2005-0593)
* Georgi Guninski discovered that XSLT can include stylesheets from
arbitrary hosts (CAN-2005-0588)
* Secunia discovered a way of injecting content into a popup opened
by another website (CAN-2004-1156)
* Phil Ringnalda reported a possible way to spoof Install source with
user:pass@host (CAN-2005-0590)
* Jakob Balle from Secunia discovered a possible way of spoofing the
Download dialog source (CAN-2005-0585)
* Christian Schmidt reported a potential spoofing issue in HTTP auth
prompt tab (CAN-2005-0584)
* Finally, Tavis Ormandy of the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team
discovered that Mozilla insecurely creates temporary filenames in
/tmp/plugtmp (CAN-2005-0578)
Impact
======
* The GIF heap overflow could be triggered by a malicious GIF image
that would end up executing arbitrary code with the rights of the
user running Mozilla. The other overflow issues, while not thought to
be exploitable, would have the same impact
* By setting up malicious websites and convincing users to follow
untrusted links or obey very specific drag-and-drop or download
instructions, attackers may leverage the various spoofing issues to
fake other websites to get access to confidential information, push
users to download malicious files or make them interact with their
browser preferences
* The temporary directory issue allows local attackers to overwrite
arbitrary files with the rights of another local user
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
==========
All Mozilla Suite users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/mozilla-1.7.6"
All Mozilla Suite binary users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/mozilla-bin-1.7.6"
References
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[ 1 ] CAN-2004-1156
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1156
[ 2 ] CAN-2005-0230
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0230
[ 3 ] CAN-2005-0231
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0231
[ 4 ] CAN-2005-0232
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0232
[ 5 ] CAN-2005-0233
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0233
[ 6 ] CAN-2005-0255
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0255
[ 7 ] CAN-2005-0399
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0399
[ 8 ] CAN-2005-0401
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0401
[ 9 ] CAN-2005-0527
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0527
[ 10 ] CAN-2005-0578
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0578
[ 11 ] CAN-2005-0584
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0584
[ 12 ] CAN-2005-0585
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0585
[ 13 ] CAN-2005-0588
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0588
[ 14 ] CAN-2005-0590
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0590
[ 15 ] CAN-2005-0591
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0591
[ 16 ] CAN-2005-0592
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0592
[ 17 ] CAN-2005-0593
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0593
[ 18 ] Mozilla Security Advisories
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html
Availability
============
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200503-30.xml
Concerns?
=========
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
=======
Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200503-31
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Severity: Normal
Title: Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: March 25, 2005
Bugs: #86148
ID: 200503-31
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Synopsis
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Mozilla Firefox 1.0.2 fixes new security vulnerabilities, including the
remote execution of arbitrary code through malicious GIF images or
sidebars.
Background
==========
Mozilla Firefox is the popular next-generation browser from the Mozilla
project.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 www-client/mozilla-firefox < 1.0.2 >= 1.0.2
2 www-client/mozilla-firefox-bin < 1.0.2 >= 1.0.2
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2 affected packages on all of their supported architectures.
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Description
===========
The following vulnerabilities were found and fixed in Mozilla Firefox:
* Mark Dowd from ISS X-Force reported an exploitable heap overrun in
the GIF processing of obsolete Netscape extension 2 (CAN-2005-0399)
* Kohei Yoshino discovered that a page bookmarked as a sidebar could
bypass privileges control (CAN-2005-0402)
* Michael Krax reported a new way to bypass XUL security restrictions
through drag-and-drop of items like scrollbars (CAN-2005-0401)
Impact
======
* The GIF heap overflow could be triggered by a malicious GIF image
that would end up executing arbitrary code with the rights of the
user running Firefox
* By tricking the user into bookmarking a malicious page as a
Sidebar, a remote attacker could potentially execute arbitrary code
with the rights of the user running the browser
* By setting up a malicious website and convincing users to obey very
specific drag-and-drop instructions, attackers may leverage
drag-and-drop features to bypass XUL security restrictions, which
could be used as a stepping stone to exploit other vulnerabilities
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
==========
All Mozilla Firefox users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/mozilla-firefox-1.0.2"
All Mozilla Firefox binary users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
">=www-client/mozilla-firefox-bin-1.0.2"
References
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[ 1 ] CAN-2005-0399
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0399
[ 2 ] CAN-2005-0401
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0401
[ 3 ] CAN-2005-0402
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0402
[ 4 ] Mozilla Security Advisories
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html
Availability
============
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200503-31.xml
Concerns?
=========
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
=======
Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200503-32
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Title: Mozilla Thunderbird: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: March 25, 2005
Bugs: #84075
ID: 200503-32
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Synopsis
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Mozilla Thunderbird is vulnerable to multiple issues, including the
remote execution of arbitrary code through malicious GIF images.
Background
==========
Mozilla Thunderbird is the next-generation mail client from the Mozilla
project.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 mozilla-thunderbird < 1.0.2 >= 1.0.2
2 mozilla-thunderbird-bin < 1.0.2 >= 1.0.2
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2 affected packages on all of their supported architectures.
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Description
===========
The following vulnerabilities were found and fixed in Mozilla
Thunderbird:
* Mark Dowd from ISS X-Force reported an exploitable heap overrun in
the GIF processing of obsolete Netscape extension 2 (CAN-2005-0399)
* Daniel de Wildt and Gael Delalleau discovered a memory overwrite in
a string library (CAN-2005-0255)
* Wind Li discovered a possible heap overflow in UTF8 to Unicode
conversion (CAN-2005-0592)
* Phil Ringnalda reported a possible way to spoof Install source with
user:pass@host (CAN-2005-0590)
Impact
======
The GIF heap overflow could be triggered by a malicious GIF image that
would end up executing arbitrary code with the rights of the user
running Thunderbird. The other overflow issues, while not thought to be
exploitable, would have the same impact. Furthermore, by setting up
malicious websites and convincing users to follow untrusted links,
attackers may leverage the spoofing issue to trick user into installing
malicious extensions.
Workaround
==========
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
==========
All Mozilla Thunderbird users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
">=mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird-1.0.2"
All Mozilla Thunderbird binary users should upgrade to the latest
version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
">=mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird-bin-1.0.2"
References
==========
[ 1 ] CAN-2005-0255
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0255
[ 2 ] CAN-2005-0399
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0399
[ 3 ] CAN-2005-0590
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0590
[ 4 ] CAN-2005-0592
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0592
[ 5 ] Mozilla Security Advisories
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html
Availability
============
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200503-32.xml
Concerns?
=========
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
=======
Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200503-33
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Severity: Normal
Title: IPsec-Tools: racoon Denial of Service
Date: March 25, 2005
Bugs: #84479
ID: 200503-33
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Synopsis
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IPsec-Tools' racoon is affected by a remote Denial of Service
vulnerability.
Background
==========
IPsec-Tools is a port of KAME's implementation of the IPsec utilities.
It contains a collection of network monitoring tools, including racoon,
ping, and ping6.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-firewall/ipsec-tools < 0.5-r1 *>= 0.4-r1
>= 0.5-r1
Description
===========
Sebastian Krahmer has reported a potential remote Denial of Service
vulnerability in the ISAKMP header parsing code of racoon.
Impact
======
An attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service of racoon using a
specially crafted ISAKMP packet.
Workaround
==========
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
==========
All IPsec-Tools users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-firewall/ipsec-tools-0.4-r1"
References
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[ 1 ] CAN-2005-0398
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0398
[ 2 ] ipsec-tools-devel posting
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=6787713&forum_id=32000
Availability
============
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200503-33.xml
Concerns?
=========
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
=======
Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0