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mozilla -- heap overflow in NNTP handler
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory.
Insight
Insight
The following packages are affected: de-netscape7 fr-netscape7 ja-netscape7 netscape7 pt_BR-netscape7 mozilla-gtk1 linux-mozilla linux-mozilla-devel mozilla de-linux-netscape fr-linux-netscape ja-linux-netscape linux-netscape mozilla+ipv6 mozilla-embedded mozilla-gtk2 mozilla-gtk CVE-2004-1316 Heap-based buffer overflow in MSG_UnEscapeSearchUrl in nsNNTPProtocol.cpp for Mozilla 1.7.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an NNTP URL (news:) with a trailing '\' (backslash) character, which prevents a string from being NULL terminated.
Solution
Solution
Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades. http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0020-mozilla.txt http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=110436284718949 http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/3fbf9db2-658b-11d9-abad-000a95bc6fae.html