Bug 167934 – CAN-2005-2871 Mozilla buffer overflow

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Bug 167934 - CAN-2005-2871 Mozilla buffer overflow

Summary:	CAN-2005-2871 Mozilla buffer overflow

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	mozilla (Show other bugs)
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Version:	4.0
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	medium Severity urgent
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Assigned To:	Christopher Aillon
QA Contact:	Ben Levenson
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Keywords:	Security

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Reported:	2005-09-09 13:31 EDT by Josh Bressers
Modified:	2007-11-30 17:07 EST (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Fixed In Version:	RHSA-2005-769
Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Last Closed:	2005-09-09 21:31:31 EDT
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2005:769	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Critical: mozilla security update	2005-09-09 00:00:00 EDT

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Description Josh Bressers 2005-09-09 13:31:34 EDT

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 13:32:35 EDT

This issue also affects RHEL2.1 and RHEL3

Comment 2 Red Hat Bugzilla 2005-09-09 21:31:31 EDT

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-2005-769.html

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