Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird prior 23.0 Updater memory corruption

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird (Web Browser). Affected is an unknown code block of the component Updater. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Stack-based buffer overflow in Mozilla Updater in Mozilla Firefox before 23.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.8, Thunderbird before 17.0.8, and Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.8 allows local users to gain privileges via a long pathname on the command line to the Mozilla Maintenance Service.

The weakness was disclosed 08/06/2013 by Seb Patane (moz_bug_r_a4) with Mozilla as MFSA 2013-66 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at mozilla.org. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with the vendor. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2013-1707 since 02/13/2013. The exploitability is told to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 69278 (FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (0998e79d-0055-11e3-905b-0025905a4771)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 121374 (Mozilla Firefox / Thunderbird / SeaMonkey Multiple Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading to version 23.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (69278). The entries 9876, 9877, 9878 and 9879 are pretty similar.

Affected

  • Firefox 22.0
  • Thunderbird 17.0.7
  • Firefox ESR 17.0.7
  • Thunderbird ESR 17.0.7

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 69278
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (0998e79d-0055-11e3-905b-0025905a4771)
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OpenVAS ID: 803855
OpenVAS Name: Mozilla Firefox ESR Multiple Vulnerabilities - August 13 (Mac OS X)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox/Thunderbird 23.0

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA 2013-66
Researcher: Seb Patane (moz_bug_r_a4)
Organization: Mozilla
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-1707 (🔍)
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Vulnerability Center: 40873 - Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Local DoS and Privilege Escalation Vulnerability via Long Command-Line Paths - CVE-2013-1707, High
SecurityFocus: 61641 - RETIRED: Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey MFSA 2013-63 through -75 Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 54380 - Cyberfox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 96016

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/09/2013 18:53
Updated: 05/21/2021 09:30
Changes: 08/09/2013 18:53 (85), 01/31/2018 09:54 (4), 05/21/2021 09:30 (2)
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