National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-2776

Overview

Certain privileged UI code in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird before 1.5.0.4 calls content-defined setters on an object prototype, which allows remote attackers to execute code at a higher privilege than intended.

Impact

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

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Solution

This vulnerability is addressed in the following product releases: Mozilla, Firefox, 1.5.0.4 Mozilla, Thunderbird, 1.5.0.4}

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#575969

Name: VU#575969

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/575969

US-CERT Technical Alert: TA06-153A

Name: TA06-153A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-153A.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-37.html

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-37.html

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-0083

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2007-0573

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0573

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2006-3749

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

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2006-3748

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3748

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2006-2106

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2106

External Source: HP

Name: SSRT061181

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/446658/100/200/threaded

External Source: HP

Name: HPSBUX02156

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

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9849

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9849

External Source: XF

Name: mozilla-contentdefined-code-execution(26848)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/26848

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-323-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-323-1

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-297-3

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-297-3

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-297-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-297-1

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-296-2

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-296-2

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-296-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-296-1

External Source: BID

Name: 18228

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18228

External Source: HP

Name: HPSBUX02153

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/446658/100/200/threaded

External Source: HP

Name: SSRT061236

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

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20060602 rPSA-2006-0091-1 firefox thunderbird

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/435795/100/0/threaded

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2006:0611

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0611.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2006:0610

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0610.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2006:0594

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0594.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2006:0578

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0578.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2006:035

Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_35_mozilla.html

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2006:146

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:146

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2006:145

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:145

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2006:143

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:143

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200606-21

Hyperlink:http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-21.xml

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200606-12

Hyperlink:http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-12.xml

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1134

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1134

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1120

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1120

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1118

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1118

External Source: SUNALERT

Name: 102800

Hyperlink:http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102800-1

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1016214

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1016214

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1016202

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1016202

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 24108

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/24108

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 22066

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/22066

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 22065

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

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 21631

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21631

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 21607

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21607

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 21532

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21532

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 21336

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21336

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 21324

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21324

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 21270

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21270

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 21269

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21269

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 21210

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21210

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 21188

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21188

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 21183

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21183

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 21178

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21178

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 21176

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21176

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 21134

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21134

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 20709

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/20709

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 20561

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/20561

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 20382

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/20382

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 20376

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/20376

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2006:0609

Hyperlink:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0609.html

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9849

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

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9849