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Arch Linux Security Warning ALSW 2007-#36
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Name: firefox
Date: 2007-08-01
Severity: High
Warning #: 2007-#36

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Product Background
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The Mozilla Foundation Browser Web

Problem Background
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A flaw was discovered in handling of "about:blank" windows used by addons. 

Jesper Johansson discovered that spaces and double-quotes were not correctly 
handled when launching external programs.  

Impact
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[1]A malicious web site could exploit this to modify the contents, or steal 
confidential data (such as passwords), of other web pages. (CVE-2007-3844)
[2]In rare configurations, after tricking a user into opening a malicious web 
page, an attacker could execute helpers with arbitrary arguments with the 
user's privileges.  (CVE-2007-3845)


Problem Packages
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Package: firefox
Repo: current
Group: network
Unsafe: < 2.0.0.6
Safe: >= 2.0.0.6

Package Fix
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Upgrade to 2.0.0.6

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Unofficial ArchLinux Security Bug Tracker:
http://jjdanimoth.netsons.org/alsw.html
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Reference(s)
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[1]http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3844
[2]http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3845

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