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mozilla: multiple vulnerabilities

Package(s):firefox CVE #(s):CVE-2013-1706 CVE-2013-1707 CVE-2013-1712
Created:August 14, 2013 Updated:August 14, 2013
Description: From the CVE entries:

Stack-based buffer overflow in maintenanceservice.exe in the Mozilla Maintenance Service in Mozilla Firefox before 23.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.8, Thunderbird before 17.0.8, and Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.8 allows local users to gain privileges via a long pathname on the command line. (CVE-2013-1706)

Stack-based buffer overflow in Mozilla Updater in Mozilla Firefox before 23.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.8, Thunderbird before 17.0.8, and Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.8 allows local users to gain privileges via a long pathname on the command line to the Mozilla Maintenance Service. (CVE-2013-1707)

Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in updater.exe in Mozilla Updater in Mozilla Firefox before 23.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.8, Thunderbird before 17.0.8, and Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.8 on Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2012 allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in (1) the update directory or (2) the current working directory. (CVE-2013-1712)

Alerts:
SUSE SUSE-SU-2013:1325-1 2013-08-14
SUSE SUSE-SU-2013:1325-2 2013-08-23
SUSE SUSE-SU-2013:1382-1 2013-08-27
Gentoo 201309-23 2013-09-27

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