CVE-2016-1960 Affecting firefox package, versions <45.0-1
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- published 13 Mar 2016
- disclosed 13 Mar 2016
Introduced: 13 Mar 2016
CVE-2016-1960 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable
firefox
to version 45.0-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox
package and not the firefox
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:unstable
relevant fixed versions and status.
Integer underflow in the nsHtml5TreeBuilder class in the HTML5 string parser in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by leveraging mishandling of end tags, as demonstrated by incorrect SVG processing, aka ZDI-CAN-3545.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1960
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3510
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3520
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42484/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44294/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06
- http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-198/
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-23.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00027.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00050.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00068.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00089.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00091.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00093.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00007.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00008.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1246014
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-1960
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-3
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2934-1
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44294