Debian Etch DSA-1704-1 Moderate: Xulrunner Remote Exploit Advisory

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January 14, 2009

Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in Xulrunner, a runtime environment for XUL applications

Topics Covered

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Summary

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 bind...