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Mozilla Firefox Javascript Garbage Collector Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA29787
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Release Date:
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2008-04-17
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Last Update:
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2008-04-21
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Critical:
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Highly critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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 Firefox 2.0.x
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2008-1380 (Secunia mirror)
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Mozilla Firefox, which can potentially be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the Javascript Garbage Collector and can be exploited to cause a memory corruption via specially crafted Javascript code.
Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.
The vulnerability is reported in version 2.0.0.13. Prior versions may also be affected.
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Solution:
Update to version 2.0.0.14.
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.
Changelog:
2008-04-21: Added link to US-CERT.
Original Advisory:
Mozilla Foundation:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-20.html
Other References:
US-CERT VU#441529:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/441529
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