Bug 167930 - CAN-2005-2871 Firefox buffer overflow
Summary: CAN-2005-2871 Firefox buffer overflow
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Classification: Red Hat
Component: firefox
Version: 4.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
urgent
Target Milestone: ---
: ---
Assignee: Christopher Aillon
QA Contact:
URL:
Whiteboard: impact=critical,reported=20050909,sou...
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2005-09-09 17:25 UTC by Josh Bressers
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:07 UTC (History)
0 users

Fixed In Version: RHSA-2005-768
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2005-09-09 23:27:44 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:

Attachments (Terms of Use)
Demo exploit (61 bytes, text/html)
2005-09-09 18:59 UTC, Josh Bressers 		no flags Details
View All


Links
System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2005:768 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Critical: firefox security update 2005-09-09 04:00:00 UTC

Description Josh Bressers 2005-09-09 17:25:37 UTC 
A specially crafted hostname which contains lots of dashes can trigger a buffer
overflow.

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=full-disclosure&m=112624614008387&w=2
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=307259
Comment 1 Josh Bressers 2005-09-09 18:59:50 UTC 
Created attachment 118660 [details]
Demo exploit

This may have to saved to the local drive to work properly.
Comment 2 Red Hat Bugzilla 2005-09-09 23:27:44 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-2005-768.html
Note You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.