7.1 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
0.539 Medium
EPSS
Percentile
97.6%
A vulnerability exists in the Mozilla LiveConnect that may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.
Mozilla LiveConnect, which allows communication between Java applets and web JavaScript, contains a vulnerability in the way freed objects are re-used that may result in a denial of service. According to the Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2006-71:
The crash is due to re-use of an already-freed object and we presume this could be exploited with enough effort.
A remote, unathenticated attacker may be able to cause a denial of service.
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According to the Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2006-71, this vulnerability is addressed in Firefox 2.0.0.1, Firefox 1.5.0.9, Thunderbird 1.5.0.9, and SeaMonkey 1.0.7.
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Updated: April 05, 2007
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Refer to DSA-1253-1.
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Updated: January 18, 2007
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Fedora has published advisories FEDORA-2006-004 and FEDORA-2006-1491 in response to this issue. Please refer to those advisories for additional details.
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Updated: January 18, 2007
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Gentoo Linux has published advisories GLSA 200701-02, 200701-03, and 200701-04 in response to this issue. Please refer to those advisories for additional details.
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Updated: January 18, 2007
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Mandriva has published advisories MDKSA-2007:010, and MDKSA-2007:011 in response to this issue. Please refer to those advisories for additional details.
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Updated: December 21, 2006
Affected
We have not received a statement from the vendor.
The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2006-71.
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Updated: January 18, 2007
Affected
We have not received a statement from the vendor.
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Red Hat has published advisories RSHA-2006-758, RHSA-2006-759, and RHSA-2006-0760 in response to this issue. Please refer to those advisories for additional details.
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Updated: January 18, 2007
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Refer to SUSE-SA:2007:006.
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Updated: January 18, 2007
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Refer to SSA:2006-357-01.
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Updated: January 18, 2007
Affected
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Ubuntu has published advisories USN-398-1, USN-398-2, and USN-400-1 in response to this issue. Please refer to those advisories for additional details.
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Updated: January 18, 2007
Affected
We have not received a statement from the vendor.
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Refer to rPath Security Advisory 2006-0234-1.
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This vulnerability was reported in Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2006-71. Mozilla credits Steven Michaud with providing information about this issue.
This document was written by Chris Taschner.
CVE IDs: | CVE-2006-6502 |
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Severity Metric: | 3.65 Date Public: |
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