VDB-134173 · CVE-2019-9809 · Qualys 197402

Mozilla Firefox up to 65.x FTP resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Mozilla Firefox up to 65.x. The affected element is an unknown function of the component FTP Handler. This manipulation causes resource management. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2019-9809. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 65.x (Web Browser). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component FTP Handler. 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 availability. The summary by CVE is:

If the source for resources on a page is through an FTP connection, it is possible to trigger a series of modal alert messages for these resources through invalid credentials or locations. These messages cannot be immediately dismissed, allowing for a denial of service (DOS) attack. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 66.

The bug was discovered 03/19/2019. The weakness was presented 04/26/2019. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2019-9809 since 03/14/2019. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 38 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 197402 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Firefox Vulnerabilities (USN-3918-1)).

Upgrading to version 66.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

See VDB-134154, VDB-134162, VDB-134164 and VDB-134166 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.8

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 66.0

Timelineinfo

03/14/2019 🔍
03/19/2019 +5 days 🔍
04/26/2019 +38 days 🔍
04/27/2019 +1 days 🔍
09/07/2023 +1594 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: mozilla.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2019-9809 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-9809
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-134173
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Entryinfo

Created: 04/27/2019 09:41
Updated: 09/07/2023 20:15
Changes: 04/27/2019 09:41 (60), 06/03/2020 09:09 (1), 09/07/2023 20:07 (4), 09/07/2023 20:15 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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