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diff --git a/glsa-200703-05.xml b/glsa-200703-05.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..f3b1d5d81f97 --- /dev/null +++ b/glsa-200703-05.xml @@ -0,0 +1,79 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200703-05"> + <title>Mozilla Suite: Multiple vulnerabilities</title> + <synopsis> + Several vulnerabilities exist in the Mozilla Suite, which is no longer + supported by the Mozilla project. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">mozilla</product> + <announced>March 03, 2007</announced> + <revised>March 03, 2007: 01</revised> + <bug>135257</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="www-client/mozilla" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <vulnerable range="le">1.7.13</vulnerable> + </package> + <package name="www-client/mozilla-bin" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <vulnerable range="le">1.7.13</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + The Mozilla Suite is a popular all-in-one web browser that includes a + mail and news reader. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Several vulnerabilities ranging from code execution with elevated + privileges to information leaks affect the Mozilla Suite. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + A remote attacker could entice a user to browse to a specially crafted + website or open a specially crafted mail that could trigger some of the + vulnerabilities, potentially allowing execution of arbitrary code, + denials of service, information leaks, or cross-site scripting attacks + leading to the robbery of cookies of authentication credentials. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + Most of the issues, but not all of them, can be prevented by disabling + the HTML rendering in the mail client and JavaScript on every + application. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + The Mozilla Suite is no longer supported and has been masked after some + necessary changes on all the other ebuilds which used to depend on it. + Mozilla Suite users should unmerge www-client/mozilla or + www-client/mozilla-bin, and switch to a supported product, like + SeaMonkey, Thunderbird or Firefox. + </p> + <code> + + # emerge --unmerge "www-client/mozilla" + + # emerge --unmerge "www-client/mozilla-bin"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#Mozilla">Official Advisory</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Fri, 23 Feb 2007 17:38:03 +0000"> + falco + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Tue, 27 Feb 2007 15:55:16 +0000"> + falco + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Tue, 27 Feb 2007 15:58:20 +0000"> + falco + </metadata> +</glsa> |