Mozilla Firefox up to 1.5.0.1 -moz-grid resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 1.5.0.1. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation of the argument -moz-grid results in resource management. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2006-0748. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 1.5.0.1 (Web Browser). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument -moz-grid with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 1.x before 1.5.0.2 and 1.0.x before 1.0.8, Mozilla Suite before 1.7.13, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via "an invalid and non-sensical ordering of table-related tags" that results in a negative array index.

The weakness was disclosed 04/13/2006 by Martijn Wargers (moz_bug_r_a4) with TippingPoint and the Zero Day Initiative as MFSA2006-13 as not defined advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-0748 since 02/17/2006. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21225 (Firefox < 1.5.0.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 117722 (CentOS Security Update for Firefox (CESA-2006:0328)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at mozilla.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (25985), Tenable (21225), SecurityFocus (BID 17516†) and Secunia (SA19631†). The entries VDB-2162, VDB-2161, VDB-2158 and VDB-2159 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.9

VulDB Base Score: 8.8
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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: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 21225
Nessus Name: Firefox < 1.5.0.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 56664
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1044-1 (mozilla-firefox)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: mozilla.com

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02/17/2006 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA2006-13
Researcher: Martijn Wargers (moz_bug_r_a4)
Organization: TippingPoint and the Zero Day Initiative
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2006-0748 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-0748
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2157

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X-Force: 25985
SecurityFocus: 17516 - Mozilla Suite, Firefox, SeaMonkey, and Thunderbird Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 19631 - Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
Vupen: ADV-2006-1356

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/18/2006 15:02
Updated: 03/12/2021 17:19
Changes: 04/18/2006 15:02 (71), 01/31/2018 09:52 (9), 03/12/2021 17:14 (7), 03/12/2021 17:19 (1)
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Cache ID: 216:B26:103

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