Mozilla Firefox up to 1.0 XSLT memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 1.0. This affects an unknown function of the component XSLT. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-0588. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 1.0 (Web Browser). This issue affects some unknown processing of the component XSLT. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Firefox before 1.0.1 and Mozilla before 1.7.6 does not restrict xsl:include and xsl:import tags in XSLT stylesheets to the current domain, which allows remote attackers to determine the existence of files on the local system.

The bug was discovered 03/01/2005. The weakness was disclosed 05/02/2005 by Georgi Guninski (taviso) with Mozilla as Bug 271209 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.mozilla.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-0588 since 02/28/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 58 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21930 (CentOS 3 : mozilla (CESA-2005:384)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 117973 (CentOS Security Update for Mozilla (CESA-2005:384)).

Upgrading to version 1.0.1 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (19530), Tenable (21930), SecurityFocus (BID 12659†), OSVDB (14191†) and Secunia (SA14407†). The entries VDB-921, VDB-949, VDB-1115 and VDB-1185 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 21930
Nessus Name: CentOS 3 : mozilla (CESA-2005:384)
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OpenVAS ID: 54875
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200503-10 (Firefox)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 1.0.1

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02/25/2005 🔍
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02/28/2005 +3 days 🔍
03/01/2005 +1 days 🔍
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04/27/2005 +57 days 🔍
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05/02/2005 +4 days 🔍
05/02/2005 +0 days 🔍
07/05/2006 +429 days 🔍
03/10/2015 +3170 days 🔍
05/31/2019 +1543 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 271209
Researcher: Georgi Guninski (taviso)
Organization: Mozilla
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2005-0588 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0588
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-24527

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X-Force: 19530
SecurityFocus: 12659 - Mozilla Suite Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 14407 - Mozilla / Firefox / Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 14191 - Mozilla XML document information disclosure
Vulnerability Center: 7704 - Mozilla Browser 1.7.3 and Firefox 1.0 Allow Obtaining Sensitive Information via XML Document, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 23:05
Updated: 05/31/2019 18:48
Changes: 03/10/2015 23:05 (86), 05/31/2019 18:48 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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