Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird prior 2.0.0.19 resource management
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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird (Web Browser). Affected is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
Double free vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.7, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.21, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.15 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via "cloned XUL DOM elements which were linked as a parent and child," which are not properly handled during garbage collection.
The bug was discovered 03/04/2009. The weakness was shared 03/04/2009 by Georgi Guninski (TippingPoint) with Zero Day Initiative (Website). The advisory is available at redhat.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2009-0775 since 03/03/2009. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 38891 (CentOS 4 / 5 : thunderbird (CESA-2009:0258)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 155946 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Update for Firefox (ELSA-2009-0315)).
Upgrading to version 2.0.0.19 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 6222.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (49083) and Tenable (38891). The entries 3935, 46976, 46975 and 46973 are related to this item.
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Class: Resource managementCWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 38891
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 / 5 : thunderbird (CESA-2009:0258)
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OpenVAS ID: 63528
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Core 9 FEDORA-2009-2421 (firefox)
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Sources
Vendor: mozilla.orgProduct: mozilla.org
Advisory: redhat.com
Researcher: Georgi Guninski (TippingPoint)
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2009-0775 (🔍)
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X-Force: 49083
SecurityTracker: 1021796
Vulnerability Center: 21205 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 33990 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey MFSA 2009 -07 -08 -09 and -11 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 34145 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 52450 - CVE-2009-0775 - Mozilla - Multiple Products - Double Free Issue
Vupen: ADV-2009-0632
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Entry
Created: 03/17/2015 16:11Updated: 08/30/2019 12:16
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (89), 08/30/2019 12:16 (4)
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