Gentoo Linux
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200610-04
Severity: Normal
Title: Seamonkey: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: October 16, 2006
Bugs: #147651
ID: 200610-04
Synopsis
The Seamonkey project has reported multiple security
vulnerabilities in the application.
Background
The SeaMonkey project is a community effort to deliver
production-quality releases of code derived from the application
formerly known as ‘Mozilla Application Suite’.
Affected packages
Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
1 www-client/seamonkey < 1.0.5 >= 1.0.5
Description
A number of vulnerabilities have been found and fixed in
Seamonkey. For details please consult the references below.
Impact
The most severe vulnerability involves enticing a user to visit
a malicious website, crashing the application and executing
arbitrary code with the rights of the user running Seamonkey.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All Seamonkey users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/seamonkey-1.0.5"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2006-4253
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4253
[ 2 ] CVE-2006-4565
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4565
[ 3 ] CVE-2006-4566
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4566
[ 4 ] CVE-2006-4568
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4568
[ 5 ] CVE-2006-4570
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4570
[ 6 ] CVE-2006-4571
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4571
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the
Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200610-04.xml
Concerns?
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or
alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs
to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative
Commons – Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
Ubuntu
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-364-1 October 16, 2006
xinit vulnerability
CVE-2006-5214
A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:
Ubuntu 5.10
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of
Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.
The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the
following package versions:
Ubuntu 5.10:
xinit 1.0+0.99.1-4ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
xinit 1.0.1-0ubuntu3.1
After a standard system upgrade you need to restart your session
to effect the necessary changes.
Details follow:
A race condition existed that would allow other local users to
see error messages generated during another user’s X session. This
could allow potentially sensitive information to be leaked.
Updated packages for Ubuntu 5.10:
Source archives:
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xinit/xinit_1.0+0.99.1-4ubuntu0.1.diff.gz
Size/MD5: 14146
c7b3963113b296e32c2ead0dd2af3a47
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xinit/xinit_1.0+0.99.1-4ubuntu0.1.dsc
Size/MD5: 646
fd5405aa4f5fa0e4de8e8daefad75d0d
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xinit/xinit_1.0+0.99.1.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5: 107406
599f9b66c0ee38be4fbbea79e5fdd638
amd64 architecture (Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon)
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xinit/xinit_1.0+0.99.1-4ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5: 27312
037df5b51d6dcf725f151d3c4aaaa3ae
i386 architecture (x86 compatible Intel/AMD)
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xinit/xinit_1.0+0.99.1-4ubuntu0.1_i386.deb
Size/MD5: 26450
2e9440c1df9b104940129ca2239e0e04
powerpc architecture (Apple Macintosh G3/G4/G5)
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xinit/xinit_1.0+0.99.1-4ubuntu0.1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5: 28718
f89cf91b06749bb82d97ea501b829c96
sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC)
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xinit/xinit_1.0+0.99.1-4ubuntu0.1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5: 26844
ddc8f312a3071c237856eb878ec53abd
Updated packages for Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
Source archives:
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xinit/xinit_1.0.1-0ubuntu3.1.diff.gz
Size/MD5: 14629
4ccd21e14340b056874830203b05dc83
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xinit/xinit_1.0.1-0ubuntu3.1.dsc
Size/MD5: 631
05dcb2791d94d1ee7a54f6c07cc2e854
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xinit/xinit_1.0.1.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5: 111134
85a17ee07848a824c11c89f030c1aaf1
amd64 architecture (Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon)
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xinit/xinit_1.0.1-0ubuntu3.1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5: 27652
12cb888246bdc623ecbebc96e6a6dd9c
i386 architecture (x86 compatible Intel/AMD)
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xinit/xinit_1.0.1-0ubuntu3.1_i386.deb
Size/MD5: 26780
7f9b895edec9e0133f9b5b5fbed010d3
powerpc architecture (Apple Macintosh G3/G4/G5)
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xinit/xinit_1.0.1-0ubuntu3.1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5: 29016
0a32dd3d1a001c61bf9a48874a26c44c
sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC)
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xinit/xinit_1.0.1-0ubuntu3.1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5: 27146
8283ce116a633df7c39357ea5fc45b2c