VDB-1828 · EDB 1253 · OSVDB 20333

Mozilla Thunderbird up to 1.0.6 HTML sourcetext denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 1.0.6. This affects an unknown part of the component HTML Handler. Executing a manipulation as part of sourcetext can lead to denial of service. The attack may be performed from remote. In addition, an exploit is available. It is recommended to use an alternative to replace the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 1.0.6 (Mail Client Software). This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the component HTML Handler. The manipulation as part of a sourcetext leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability.

The weakness was presented 10/17/2005 by posidron (Website). The advisory is shared for download at whitedust.net. The attack can be initiated remotely. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

A public exploit has been developed by posidron and been published even before and not after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.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 $5k-$25k.

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 Exploit-DB (1253) and OSVDB (20333†). See VDB-1827 for similar entry. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
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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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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: posidron
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Recommended: Alternative
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Patch: mozilla.org

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10/16/2005 🔍
10/17/2005 +1 days 🔍
10/19/2005 +2 days 🔍
10/27/2005 +8 days 🔍
07/04/2019 +4998 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org

Advisory: whitedust.net
Researcher: posidron
Status: Not defined

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-1828
OSVDB: 20333 - Multiple Browser Malformed sourcetext Tag DoS

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

Created: 10/19/2005 17:33
Updated: 07/04/2019 20:52
Changes: 10/19/2005 17:33 (60), 07/04/2019 20:52 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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