2107033 : Mozilla, Firefox, Thunderbird, and Netscape non-ascii character buffer overflow

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Mozilla is vulnerable to a heap overflow, caused by improper handling of non-ascii characters in a URL. By creating a specially-crafted URL request containing non-ascii characters, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system, once the link is clicked. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by hosting the malicious URL on a Web site or by sending it to a victim as an HTML email.

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HTTP_Mozilla_Nonascii_URL_BO

This looks for links to hostnames with nonascii characters embedded within them. These links could trigger a buffer overflow on some versions of Mozilla.

False Positive:Non-English sites may deviate from standard hostname requirements.

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How to remove this vulnerability Jump to the top of this document

For Mozilla:
Upgrade to the latest version (1.7.3 or later), available from the Mozilla Web site. See References.

For Firefox:
Upgrade to the latest version (1.0PR or later), available from the Mozilla Web site. See References.

For Thunderbird:
Upgrade to the latest version (0.8 or later), available from the Mozilla Web site. See References.

For Gentoo Linux:
Upgrade to the latest version of Mozilla, Epiphany, Mozilla Thunderbird, and Mozilla Firefox, as listed in GLSA 200409-26. See References.

For Slackware Linux:
Upgrade to the latest Mozilla package, as listed below. Refer to slackware-security Mailing List, Wed, 22 Sep 2004 13:39:12 -0700 (PDT) for more information. See References.

Slackware Linux 10 and -current: 1.7.3-i486-1 or later

For HP Tru64 Unix 5.1A and 5.1B:
Apply the appropriate patch for your system, as listed in Hewlett-Packard Company Security Bulletin HPSBTU01081. See References.

For SuSE Linux:
Apply the update for this vulnerability, as listed in SuSE Security Announcement SUSE-SA:2004:036. See References.

For Conectiva Linux:
Upgrade to the latest mozilla package, as listed below. Refer to Conectiva Linux Security Announcement CLSA-2004:877 for more information. See References.

Conectiva Linux 10.0: 1.7.3-60868U10_1cl or later
Conectiva Linux 9: 1.7.3-27852U90_4cl or later

For other distributions:
Contact your vendor for upgrade or patch information.

References Jump to the top of this document

Mozilla Bugzilla Bug 256316
non-ascii char in URL lead to heap overrun
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=256316

Conectiva Linux Security Announcement CLSA-2004:877
New upstream for mozilla
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/index.php?id=a&anuncio=000877

slackware-security Mailing List, Wed, 22 Sep 2004 13:39:12 -0700 (PDT)
[slackware-security] Mozilla (SSA:2004-266-03)
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2004&m=slackware-security.401801

Mozilla Web site
Mozilla - Home of the Firefox web browser, Thunderbird and the Mozilla Suite
http://www.mozilla.org/

BugTraq
Mozilla Browser Non-ASCII Hostname Heap Overflow Vulnerability
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11169

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in Mozilla Firefox before the Preview Release, Mozilla before 1.7.3, and Thunderbird before 0.8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code via (1) the Send page functionality, (2) certain responses from a malicious POP3 server, or (3) a link containing a non-ASCII hostname.
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0902

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