National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-0293

Overview

The function allocation code (js_NewFunction in jsfun.c) in Firefox 1.5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) and possibly execute arbitrary code via user-defined methods that trigger garbage collection in a way that operates on freed objects.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0 upgrade from v1.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=322045

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=322045

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2006-3749

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3749

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2006-3391

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3391

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2006-0413

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0413

External Source: HP

Name: SSRT061236

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/446657/100/200/threaded

External Source: HP

Name: SSRT061158

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/438730/100/0/threaded

External Source: SUNALERT

Name: 228526

Hyperlink:http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-228526-1

External Source: XF

Name: firefox-function-allocation-code-execution(42654)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/42654

External Source: XF

Name: mozilla-javascript-memory-corruption(24430)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/24430

External Source: BID

Name: 16476

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16476

External Source: HP

Name: SSRT061236

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/446657/100/200/threaded

External Source: HP

Name: SSRT061158

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/438730/100/0/threaded

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-01.html

Hyperlink:http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-01.html

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200604-18

Hyperlink:http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-18.xml

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1051

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1051

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1046

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1046

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1044

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1044

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-205.htm

Hyperlink:http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-205.htm

External Source: SUNALERT

Name: 102550

Hyperlink:http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102550-1

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1015570

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1015570

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 22065

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/22065

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 21622

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21622

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 19941

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/19941

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 19902

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/19902

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 19863

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/19863

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 19862

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/19862

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 18704

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/18704

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 18700

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/18700

US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1494

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1494

Type: Tool Signature

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1494

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1494

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1494