-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HP SECURITY BULLETIN HPSBUX01231 REVISION: 1 SSRT051041 rev.1 - HP-UX Mozilla Remote Unauthorized Execution of Privileged Code or Denial of Service (DoS) NOTICE: The information in this Security Bulletin should be acted upon as soon as possible. INITIAL RELEASE: 12 October 2005 POTENTIAL SECURITY IMPACT: Remote execution of privileged code or Denial of Service (DoS) SOURCE: Hewlett-Packard Company HP Software Security Response Team VULNERABILITY SUMMARY: A potential security vulnerability has been identified with HP-UX running Mozilla, where the vulnerability could be exploited to allow a remote, unauthorized user to execute privileged code or to create a Denial of Service (DoS). REFERENCES: CAN-2005-2871, MSFA 2005-57 SUPPORTED SOFTWARE VERSIONS*: ONLY impacted versions are listed. HP-UX B.11.00, B.11.11, B.11.22, B.11.23 running Mozilla 1.7.11 and previous. BACKGROUND: A potential vulnerability has been identified in the Mozilla International Domain Name (IDN) support: CAN-2005-2871 MFSA 2005-57 IDN heap overrun using soft-hyphens AFFECTED VERSIONS Note: To determine if a system has an affected version, search the output of "swlist -a revision -l fileset" for an affected fileset. Then determine if the recommended patch or update is installed. HP-UX B.11.00 HP-UX B.11.11 HP-UX B.11.22 HP-UX B.11.23 ============= Mozilla.MOZ-COM action: disable IDN support in Mozilla. END AFFECTED VERSIONS RESOLUTION: The vulnerability can be worked around by disabling IDN support. Work around instructions are available here: <https://addons.mozilla.org/messages/307259.html> ->Note: A preliminary version of Mozilla 1.7.12 is available for -> HP-UX B.11.00, B.11.11, B.11.22, and B.11.23 -> from the url below. This preliminary version has -> received minimal testing and is localized for English only. -> Mozilla 1.7.12 resolves MFSA 2005-57 and other -> vulnerabilities. -><ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mozilla/releases/ mozilla1.7.12/contrib/> ->The md5 sums are: ->ec67c6bb71e292fafc9499fd829f179f -> mozilla1.7.12-hppa2.0w-hp-hpux11.00.depot.gz ->c8f50c89d751bb057bf4e66c58b973e5 -> mozilla1.7.12-hppa2.0w-hp-hpux11.00.depot.gz.readme ->59e4c0e28d7006c916589debae847d15 -> mozilla1.7.12-ia64-hp-hpux11.22.depot.gz ->235b8769a6c48dfd17f73f02643fde46 -> mozilla1.7.12-ia64-hp-hpux11.22.depot.gz.readme This bulletin will be revised when additional resolution information is available. MANUAL ACTIONS: Yes - NonUpdate Disable Mozilla IDN support as described here: <https://addons.mozilla.org/messages/307259.html> BULLETIN REVISION HISTORY: Revision 0: 3 October 2005 Initial release Revision 1: 12 October 2005 Preliminary Mozilla 1.7.12 available. 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