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Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:781		Date: 2005-08-15
Title:	RHE3 InstallVersion.compareTo() DoS and Code Execution Vulnerability
Description:	Firefox before 1.0.5, Mozilla before 1.7.9, and Netscape 8.0.2 and 7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (access violation and crash), and possibly execute arbitrary code, by calling InstallVersion.compareTo with an object instead of a string.
Version:	1	Class:	vulnerability
Status:	ACCEPTED	Reference(s):	CVE-2005-2265
Family:	unix
Platform(s):	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3	Product(s):	mozilla
Definition Synopsis:
Software section Red Hat Enterprise 3 is installed AND mozilla RPM is earlier than 37:1.7.10-1.1.3.1 AND Configuration section /usr/bin/mozilla is executable

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