Security Bulletin: Mozilla Firefox vulnerability issues in IBM SONAS

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&gt; 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&gt; 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&gt; 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&gt; 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&gt; 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&gt; 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&gt; 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&gt; 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&gt; 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&gt; 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&gt; 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&gt; 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&gt; 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&gt; 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&gt; 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&gt; 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.