[PCWorks] Mozilla Firefox DOM Node Moving Use-After-Free Vulnerability

  • From: "Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin" <PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2010 22:29:00 -0500

TITLE:
Mozilla Firefox DOM Node Moving Use-After-Free Vulnerability

Highly critical  
Impact:  System access
Where:  From remote  

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/39175/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Mozilla Firefox, which can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a use-after-free error when moving
DOM nodes between documents and can be exploited via a specially
crafted web page.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 3.6.3.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
MFSA 2010-25:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-25.html

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