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SeaMonkey VCard Double-Free and "addSelectionListener" Vulnerabilities
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA20394
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Release Date:
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2006-06-02
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Last Update:
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2006-06-07
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Popularity:
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8,610 views
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Critical:
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Highly critical
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Impact:
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System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-2781
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Description:
Two vulnerabilities have been reported in SeaMonkey, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
1) A double-free error within the processing of large VCards with invalid base64 characters may be exploited to execute arbitrary code.
2) An error in the processing of the addSelectionListener when handling notifications in certain situations can be exploited to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with escalated privileges.
Solution:
Update to version 1.0.2.
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/
Provided and/or discovered by:
1) Masatoshi Kimura
2) moz_bug_r_a4
Changelog:
2006-06-07: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
1) http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-40.html
2) http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-43.html
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