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| From: | MOZILLA | | Date: | 10.02.2008 | | Subject: | Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2008-03 |
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2008-03
Title: Privilege escalation, XSS, Remote Code Execution
Impact: Critical
Announced: February 7, 2008
Reporter: moz_bug_r_a4, Boris Zbarsky
Products: Firefox, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey
Fixed in: Firefox 2.0.0.12
Thunderbird 2.0.0.12
SeaMonkey 1.1.8
Description
Mozilla contributors moz_bug_r_a4 and Boris Zbarsky submitted a series of vulnerabilities which allow scripts from page content to escape from its sandboxed context and/or run with chrome privileges. An additional vulnerability reported by moz_bug_r_a4 demonstrated that the XMLDocument.load() function can be used to inject script into another site, violating the browser's same-origin policy.
Workaround
Disable JavaScript until a version containing these fixes can be installed.
References
* JavaScript privilege escalation bugs
* CVE-2008-0415
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