Check Point Advisories

Mozilla Firefox New Function Garbage Collection Code Execution - Ver2 (CVE-2006-3803)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2014-0092
Date Published: 7 Jan 2014
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Tuesday 07 January, 2014
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2006-3803
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description A code execution vulnerability has been reported in Mozilla Firefox. A remote attacker could trigger this vulnerability by causing the garbage collector to delete a temporary variable while it is still being used during the creation of a new Function object. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Mozilla Firefox New Function Garbage Collection Code Execution - Ver2 protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Web Client Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information:  Mozilla Firefox New Function Garbage Collection Code Execution - Ver2

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