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  • [SECURITY] [DSA 1704-1] New xulrunner packages fix several vulnerabilit

    From Steffen Joeris@1:229/2 to All on Wed Jan 14 21:40:08 2009
    From: [email protected]

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    - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian Security Advisory DSA-1704 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Steffen Joeris January 14, 2009 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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    Package : xulrunner
    Vulnerability : several vulnerabilities
    Problem type : remote
    Debian-specific: no
    CVE ID : CVE-2008-5500 CVE-2008-5503 CVE-2008-5506 CVE-2008-5507 CVE-2008-5508 CVE-2008-5511 CVE-2008-5512

    Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in Xulrunner, a
    runtime environment for XUL applications. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:

    CVE-2008-5500

    Jesse Ruderman discovered that the layout engine is vulnerable to
    DoS attacks that might trigger memory corruption and an integer
    overflow. (MFSA 2008-60)

    CVE-2008-5503

    Boris Zbarsky discovered that an information disclosure attack could
    be performed via XBL bindings. (MFSA 2008-61)

    CVE-2008-5506

    Marius Schilder discovered that it is possible to obtain sensible
    data via a XMLHttpRequest. (MFSA 2008-64)

    CVE-2008-5507

    Chris Evans discovered that it is possible to obtain sensible data
    via a JavaScript URL. (MFSA 2008-65)

    CVE-2008-5508

    Chip Salzenberg discovered possible phishing attacks via URLs with
    leading whitespaces or control characters. (MFSA 2008-66)

    CVE-2008-5511

    It was discovered that it is possible to perform cross-site scripting
    attacks via an XBL binding to an "unloaded document." (MFSA 2008-68)

    CVE-2008-5512

    It was discovered that it is possible to run arbitrary JavaScript
    with chrome privileges via unknown vectors. (MFSA 2008-68)

    For the stable distribution (etch) these problems have been fixed in
    version 1.8.0.15~pre080614i-0etch1.

    For the testing distribution (lenny) and the unstable distribution (sid)
    these problems have been fixed in version 1.9.0.5-1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your xulrunner packages.

    Upgrade instructions
    - --------------------

    wget url
    will fetch the file for you
    dpkg -i file.deb
    will install the referenced file.

    If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
    sources.list as given below:

    apt-get update
    will update the internal database
    apt-get upgrade
    will install corrected packages

    You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
    footer to the proper configuration.


    Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias etch
    - -------------------------------

    Stable updates are available for alpha, amd64, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc.

    Source archives:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/xulrunner_1.8.0.15~pre080614i-0etch1.diff.gz
    Size/MD5 checksum: 971 73ec26e81ce6e401845eb070aa26d909
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/xulrunner_1.8.0.15~pre080614i-0etch1.dsc
    Size/MD5 checksum: 1981 87dd485ac774e78373be5a196cbc8320
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/xulrunner_1.8.0.15~pre080614i.orig.tar.gz
    Size/MD5 checksum: 43320191 82b3061f947787bf267a36513a6bd2dd

    Architecture independent packages:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libnss3-dev_1.8.0.15~pre080614i-0etch1_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 231436 f692e056f6eccb9633771a1b5d56d115
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libxul-common_1.8.0.15~pre080614i-0etch1_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 1052120 9935f278d06c5256a1cb6d34f6b43777
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libmozjs-dev_1.8.0.15~pre080614i-0etch1_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 176532 03d96486a1cb92ca65b39376add42232
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libxul-dev_1.8.0.15~pre080614i-0etch1_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 2638014 f4c9fed2489696b18ecedf945729ffa7
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libsmjs1_1.8.0.15~pre080614i-0etch1_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 37402 033e412379eab51f4608530af659596a
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libmozillainterfaces-java_1.8.0.15~pre080614i-0etch1_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 1032570 b8277c4699e9f2edc9131c525c72ac2a
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libnspr4-dev_1.8.0.15~pre080614i-0etch1_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 208008 d6685b7c5a83eb2fc383ad2284e0c300
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libsmjs-dev_1.8.0.15~pre080614i-0etch1_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 37436 a668ef6417fe2f868964b2e1f1cd9028

    alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libxul0d-dbg_1.8.0.15~pre080614i-0etch1_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 46039574 068112b86f727680427633606c026ee8
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libnss3-0d_1.8.0.15~pre080614i-0etch1_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 905956 ab2dae7df915ed9df912a45332feda25
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/spidermonkey-bin_1.8.0.15~pre080614i-0etch1_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 53462 1211c97fa83041bfdd3d89c5d0cbe49c
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libnss3-tools_1.8.0.15~pre080614i-0etch1_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 739356 038af743b90f988367f7cae810adca30
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/libnspr4-0d-dbg_1.8.0.15~pre080614i-0etch1_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 302966 7cf37ed3bd131afd5d77ac4b6a4a0e80
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/xulrunner_1.8.0.15~pre080614i-0etch1_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 293396 ebda2282ee4f81e8e972254522ab98ee
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xulrunner/xulrunner-gnome-support_1.8.0.15~pre080614i-0etch1_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 71512 167d644c17e1fbeb7db1b586e1416516

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