Security Bulletin
Summary
There are security vulnerabilities in versions of Mozilla Firefox that are shipped with versions 1.5.1.0 to 1.5.2.2 of IBM SONAS
Vulnerability Details
IBM SONAS is shipped with Mozilla Firefox. There are vulnerabilities in certain versions of Mozilla Firefox shipped in certain versions of IBM SONAS. These vulnerabilities concern the potential ability of a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system or cause a denial of service.
CVEID: CVE-2015-4497
DESCRIPTION: Mozilla Firefox could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an error in one of its functions. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable system or cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/105897 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/CI:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2015-4498
DESCRIPTION: Mozilla Firefox could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass add-on notification and install add-ons from a different source than expected.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/105898 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/CI:N/I:L/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2015-4500
DESCRIPTION: Mozilla Firefox could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by memory safety bugs within the browser engine. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable system or cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/106626 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/CI:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2015-4506
DESCRIPTION: Mozilla Firefox is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by an error in one of its functions. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/106632 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/CI:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2015-4509
DESCRIPTION: Mozilla Firefox could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an error in one of its functions. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable system or cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/106637 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/CI:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2015-4511
DESCRIPTION: Mozilla Firefox is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by an error in one of its functions. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/106636 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/CI:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2015-4517
DESCRIPTION: Mozilla Firefox could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an error in NetworkUtils.cpp. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable system or cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/106647 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/CI:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2015-4519
DESCRIPTION: Mozilla Firefox could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an error when a previously loaded image on a page is drag and dropped into content after a redirect. By persuading a victim to visit a specially crafted Web site, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/106645 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/CI:L/I:N/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2015-4520
DESCRIPTION: Mozilla Firefox could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by an error in one of its functions. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass cross-origin resource sharing (CORS) restrictions.
CVSS Base Score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/106646 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/CI:L/I:L/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2015-4521
DESCRIPTION: Mozilla Firefox could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an error in the ConvertDialogOptions function. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable system or cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/106648 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/CI:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2015-4522
DESCRIPTION: Mozilla Firefox could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an error in the nsAttrAndChildArray::GrowBy function. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable system or cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/106649 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/CI:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2015-7174
DESCRIPTION: Mozilla Firefox could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an error in the nsAttrAndChildArray::GrowBy function. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable system or cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/106650 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/CI:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2015-7175
DESCRIPTION: Mozilla Firefox is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the XULContentSinkImpl::AddText function. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/106651 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/CI:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2015-7176
DESCRIPTION: Mozilla Firefox is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the AnimationThread function. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/106652 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/CI:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2015-7177
DESCRIPTION: Mozilla Firefox could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an error in the InitTextures function. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable system or cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/106653 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/CI:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2015-7180
DESCRIPTION: Mozilla Firefox could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an error in the ReadbackResultWriterD3D11::Run function. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable system or cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/106654 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/CI:H/I:H/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
IBM SONAS
The product is affected when running code releases 1.5.1.0 to 1.5.2.2
Remediation/Fixes
A fix for these issues is in version 1.5.2.3 of IBM SONAS. Customers running an affected version of IBM SONAS should upgrade to 1.5.2.3 or a later version, so that the fix gets applied.
Please contact IBM support for assistance in upgrading your system.
Workarounds and Mitigations
Workaround(s) :
Normal operation of IBM SONAS does not require or call for customers to use Firefox to access the Internet. Although IBM recommends that you install a level of IBM SONAS code with a fix, you can avoid these vulnerabilities by not using Mozilla Firefox within your IBM SONAS system to access the Internet.
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References
Change History
24 October 2015 : First draft
25 November 2015 : Added further information of CVEs
*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.
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Internal Use Only
CQ S1060334 [PSIRT 3788] IBM product record 61906 for SONAS and 61911 for IFS - 1.5.2.3: firefox security update RHSA-2015:1693
CQ S1060620 [PSIRT 3941] IBM product record 63546 for SONAS and 63551 for IFS - Opensource Mozilla Firefox vuln.
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Document Information
Modified date:
17 June 2018
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ssg1S1005432