Mozilla Firefox up to 3.0.8 Javascript Engine resource management

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 3.0.8 (Web Browser). This issue affects an unknown part of the component Javascript Engine. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

The JavaScript engine in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.9, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.22, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly trigger memory corruption via vectors involving JSOP_DEFVAR and properties that lack the JSPROP_PERMANENT attribute.

The bug was discovered 04/21/2009. The weakness was published 04/22/2009 by Gregory Fleischer (moz_bug_r_a4) with Martijn Wargers (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-1305 since 04/16/2009. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 43743 (CentOS 4 / 5 : firefox (CESA-2009:0436)), 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 119091 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2009:0436)).

Upgrading to version 1.5.0.11 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 1 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (50003) and Tenable (43743). Similar entries are available at 46674, 48897, 48896 and 47862.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 43743
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 / 5 : firefox (CESA-2009:0436)
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OpenVAS ID: 63962
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1797-1 (xulrunner)
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Upgrade: Firefox 1.5.0.11

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: redhat.com
Researcher: Gregory Fleischer (moz_bug_r_a4)
Organization: Martijn Wargers
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2009-1305 (🔍)
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X-Force: 50003
SecurityTracker: 1022090
Vulnerability Center: 21682 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey JSOP_DEFVAR Remote Code Execution or DoS Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 34656 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey MFSA 2009 -14 through -22 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 34758
OSVDB: 53969 - CVE-2009-1305 - Mozilla - Multiple Products - Denial-of-Service Issue
Vupen: ADV-2009-1125

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 09/02/2019 09:35
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (92), 09/02/2019 09:35 (4)
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