Mozilla Firefox up to 1.5.0.6 AutoUpdate SSL Certificate access control
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A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown part of the component AutoUpdate SSL Certificate Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, and integrity. CVE summarizes:
Concurrency vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via multiple Javascript timed events that load a deeply nested XML file, followed by redirecting the browser to another page, which leads to a concurrency failure that causes structures to be freed incorrectly, as demonstrated by (1) ffoxdie and (2) ffoxdie3. NOTE: it has been reported that Netscape 8.1 and K-Meleon 1.0.1 are also affected by ffoxdie. Mozilla confirmed to CVE that ffoxdie and ffoxdie3 trigger the same underlying vulnerability. NOTE: it was later reported that Firefox 2.0 RC2 and 1.5.0.7 are also affected.
The weakness was shared 09/15/2006 by Jon Oberheide (shutdown) with Martijn Wargers as MFSA2006-58 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2006-4253 since 08/21/2006. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22470 (GLSA-200609-19 : Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 156230 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Update for Firefox (ELSA-2006:0733,ELSA-2006:0675,ELSA-2006:0610)).
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at mozilla.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (28950) and Tenable (22470). The entries 2509, 2547, 2543 and 2548 are related to this item.
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- 0.8
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- 0.9.1
- 0.9.2
- 0.9.3
- 0.10
- 0.10.1
- 1.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.4
- 1.0.5
- 1.0.6
- 1.0.7
- 1.0.8
- 1.5
- 1.5.0.1
- 1.5.0.2
- 1.5.0.3
- 1.5.0.4
- 1.5.0.5
- 1.5.0.6
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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Class: Access controlCWE: CWE-264
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Nessus ID: 22470
Nessus Name: GLSA-200609-19 : Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 57373
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: firefox
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Patch: mozilla.com
Timeline
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Sources
Vendor: mozilla.orgProduct: mozilla.org
Advisory: MFSA2006-58
Researcher: Jon Oberheide (shutdown)
Organization: Martijn Wargers
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-4253 (🔍)
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X-Force: 28950 - Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Auto-update DNS spoofing, Medium Risk
SecurityTracker: 1016851 - Mozilla Firefox Auto-Update Can Be Spoofed in Certain Cases
SecurityFocus: 20042 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/Seamonkey Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 21906 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 28549 - OpenSSL RSA Key PKCS #1 v1.5 Signature Forgery
Vupen: ADV-2006-3617
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Entry
Created: 09/18/2006 11:43Updated: 03/13/2021 13:21
Changes: 09/18/2006 11:43 (86), 01/31/2018 09:53 (6), 03/13/2021 13:18 (8), 03/13/2021 13:21 (1)
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