Mozilla Firefox up to 1.5.0.3 getrawder memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox. This vulnerability affects the function getrawder. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2006-2788. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser) and classified as critical. This issue affects the function getrawder. 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, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Double free vulnerability in the getRawDER function for nsIX509Cert in Firefox allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hang) and possibly execute arbitrary code via certain Javascript code.

The weakness was published 06/02/2006 by Daniel Bleichenbacher as Bug 321598 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.mozilla.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-2788 since 06/02/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/12/2021).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22733 (Debian DSA-1192-1 : mozilla - several vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 117662 (CentOS Security Update for Firefox (CESA-2006:0610)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 4656.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (31471), Tenable (22733), SecurityFocus (BID 19849†), Secunia (SA21269†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-12374†). Similar entries are available at VDB-2399, VDB-2397, VDB-2398 and VDB-2396. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 22733
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-1192-1 : mozilla - several vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 57485
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1191-1 (mozilla-thunderbird)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 321598
Researcher: Daniel Bleichenbacher
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2006-2788 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-2788
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-30605

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X-Force: 31471
SecurityFocus: 19849 - OpenSSL PKCS Padding RSA Signature Forgery Vulnerability
Secunia: 21269 - Red Hat update for thunderbird, Highly Critical
Vulnerability Center: 12374 - Mozilla Firefox Double-Free Vulnerability via Javascript Code, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 07/12/2021 11:41
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (69), 05/02/2019 07:10 (13), 07/12/2021 11:41 (2)
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