Mozilla Firefox 1.0 Installation Username denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Mozilla Firefox 1.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Installation Username Handler. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2005-0255. No exploit exists. It is advised to substitute the affected component with an alternative.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox 1.0 (Web Browser). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown code of the component Installation Username Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

String handling functions in Mozilla 1.7.3, Firefox 1.0, and Thunderbird before 1.0.2, such as the nsTSubstring_CharT::Replace function, do not properly check the return values of other functions that resize the string, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code by forcing an out-of-memory state that causes a reallocation to fail and return a pointer to a fixed address, which leads to heap corruption.

The weakness was disclosed 03/01/2005 by Phil Ringnalda (taviso) with Mozilla as MFSA2005-17 as not defined advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-0255 since 02/09/2005. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 17270 (RHEL 4 : mozilla (RHSA-2005:277)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at mozilla.org. The problem might be mitigated by replacing the product with as an alternative. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be establishing an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (17270), SecurityFocus (BID 12659†), Secunia (SA14407†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-7245†). The entries VDB-1258, VDB-1261, VDB-1253 and VDB-1254 are pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 17270
Nessus Name: RHEL 4 : mozilla (RHSA-2005:277)
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OpenVAS ID: 54875
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200503-10 (Firefox)
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Recommended: Alternative
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Patch: mozilla.org

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02/09/2005 🔍
02/25/2005 +16 days 🔍
03/01/2005 +4 days 🔍
03/04/2005 +3 days 🔍
03/08/2005 +4 days 🔍
05/02/2005 +55 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA2005-17
Researcher: Phil Ringnalda (taviso)
Organization: Mozilla
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2005-0255 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0255
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-1257

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SecurityFocus: 12659 - Mozilla Suite Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 14407 - Mozilla / Firefox / Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
Vulnerability Center: 7245

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/08/2005 12:03
Updated: 07/03/2024 13:11
Changes: 03/08/2005 12:03 (68), 09/29/2016 17:16 (6), 03/10/2021 16:53 (8), 03/10/2021 16:56 (1), 07/03/2024 13:11 (15)
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Cache ID: 216:313:103

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