Bug 149876

Summary:	CAN-2005-0255 Memory overwrite in string library
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4	Reporter:	Josh Bressers <bressers>
Component:	firefox	Assignee:	Christopher Aillon <caillon>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	4.0	Keywords:	Security
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Description Josh Bressers 2005-02-28 16:01:08 UTC

Daniel de Wildt discovered a memory handling flaw in Mozilla string classes that
could overwrite memory at a fixed location if reallocation fails during string
growth. This could theoretically lead to arbitrary code execution.

http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=200&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=true

Comment 1 Josh Bressers 2005-02-28 21:06:54 UTC

*** Bug 149935 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2 Josh Bressers 2005-03-01 19:02:02 UTC

An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-176.html