Mozilla Firefox up to 0.9.3 view-source denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox 0.8/0.9/0.9.1/0.9.2/0.9.3 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component view-source. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2005-0144. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Mozilla Firefox 0.8/0.9/0.9.1/0.9.2/0.9.3 (Web Browser). This affects an unknown part of the component view-source. 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 integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Firefox before 1.0 and Mozilla before 1.7.5 display the secure site lock icon when a view-source: URL references a secure SSL site while an insecure page is being loaded, which could facilitate phishing attacks.

The bug was discovered 01/31/2005. The weakness was released 05/02/2005 by Jesse Ruderman (Website). The advisory is shared at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-0144 since 01/25/2005. The exploitability is told to be difficult. 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 15712 (Firefox < 1.0.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 1.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 9145.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (19169), Tenable (15712), SecurityFocus (BID 12407†), OSVDB (13336†) and Secunia (SA14017†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-24104, VDB-23952, VDB-23865 and VDB-24324. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.6

VulDB Base Score: 3.7
VulDB Temp Score: 3.6
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Exploitinginfo

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: 15712
Nessus Name: Firefox < 1.0.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 1.0
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Timelineinfo

11/09/2004 🔍
11/13/2004 +4 days 🔍
01/25/2005 +73 days 🔍
01/31/2005 +6 days 🔍
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04/03/2005 +62 days 🔍
05/02/2005 +29 days 🔍
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03/10/2015 +3599 days 🔍
06/06/2019 +1548 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Researcher: Jesse Ruderman
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2005-0144 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0144
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-24321

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X-Force: 19169
SecurityFocus: 12407 - Multiple Mozilla/Firefox/Thunderbird Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 14017
OSVDB: 13336 - CVE-2005-0144 - Mozilla And Firefox - Spoofing Issue
Vulnerability Center: 7475 - Mozilla Browser and Firefox Allow Spoofing the SSL Lock Icon via view-source: URL, Low

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 23:05
Updated: 06/06/2019 00:25
Changes: 03/10/2015 23:05 (73), 06/06/2019 00:25 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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