Mozilla Firefox up to 3.6.x resource management

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 3.6.x (Web Browser). This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Use-after-free vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.16 and 3.6.x before 3.6.13, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.11, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving a change to an nsDOMAttribute node.

The weakness was presented 12/10/2010 by regenrecht with Verschiedene (siehe Mozilla Advisory) as MFSA2010-74 as not defined advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at mozilla.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2010-3766 since 10/05/2010. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 68156 (Oracle Linux 4 / 5 / 6 : firefox (ELSA-2010-0966)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 118874 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2010:0966)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at mozilla.org. 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 vulnerability database at Tenable (68156). See 55712, 55711, 55710 and 55709 for similar entries.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 68156
Nessus Name: Oracle Linux 4 / 5 / 6 : firefox (ELSA-2010-0966)
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OpenVAS ID: 68690
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: firefox
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: mozilla.org

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA2010-74
Researcher: regenrecht
Organization: Verschiedene (siehe Mozilla Advisory)
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-3766 (🔍)
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Vulnerability Center: 28573 - Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey nsDOMAttribute Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 45326 - Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey 'nsDOMAttribute' Use-After-Free Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 42517 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 69780 - Mozilla Multiple Products Unspecified Memory Corruption (2010-3778)

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Entryinfo

Created: 12/20/2010 01:00
Updated: 03/18/2021 14:36
Changes: 12/20/2010 01:00 (83), 01/31/2018 09:53 (9), 03/18/2021 14:36 (3)
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