Mozilla Firefox up to 3.6.6 resource management

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A vulnerability classified as very critical was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 3.6.6 (Web Browser). This vulnerability affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Use-after-free vulnerability in the NodeIterator implementation in Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x before 3.5.11 and 3.6.x before 3.6.7, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.6, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted NodeFilter that detaches DOM nodes, related to the NodeIterator interface and a javascript callback.

The weakness was published 07/30/2010 by regenrecht as Bug 552110 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is available at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2010-1209. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/21/2021).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 48342 (CentOS 3 : seamonkey (CESA-2010:0546)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 118862 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2010:0547)).

Upgrading to version 1.0.9 eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 10006.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (48342), SecurityFocus (BID 41845†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-26509†). Similar entries are available at VDB-4312, VDB-4400, VDB-51881 and VDB-53816.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 48342
Nessus Name: CentOS 3 : seamonkey (CESA-2010:0546)
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OpenVAS ID: 67871
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: firefox
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 1.0.9
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07/20/2010 +112 days 🔍
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03/19/2015 +1693 days 🔍
09/21/2021 +2378 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 552110
Researcher: regenrecht
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-1209 (🔍)
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SecurityFocus: 41845 - Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey 'NodeIterator' Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 26509 - Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey Use-After-Free Remote Arbitrary Code Execution vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 02:37 PM
Updated: 09/21/2021 09:47 AM
Changes: 03/19/2015 02:37 PM (64), 03/01/2017 10:03 AM (9), 09/21/2021 09:46 AM (4), 09/21/2021 09:47 AM (1)
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