Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird up to 1.5.0.6 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird up to 1.5.0.6. Affected is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2006-4570. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird up to 1.5.0.6 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. 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 integrity. CVE summarizes:

Mozilla Thunderbird before 1.5.0.7 and SeaMonkey before 1.0.5, with "Load Images" enabled, allows remote user-assisted attackers to bypass settings that disable JavaScript via a remote XBL file in a message that is loaded when the user views, forwards, or replies to the original message.

The bug was discovered 09/14/2006. The weakness was released 09/15/2006 by Martijn Wargers (shutdown) with Martijn Wargers (Website). The advisory is available at redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-4570 since 09/06/2006. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

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 $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22425 (CentOS 3 / 4 : seamonkey (CESA-2006:0676)), 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 156231 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Update for SeaMonkey (ELSA-2006:0734,ELSA-2006:0676)).

Upgrading to version 1.5.0.7 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 9090.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (28962), Tenable (22425), SecurityFocus (BID 20042†), OSVDB (29012†) and Secunia (SA21915†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-2544, VDB-2547, VDB-2548 and VDB-2545. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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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: 22425
Nessus Name: CentOS 3 / 4 : seamonkey (CESA-2006:0676)
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OpenVAS ID: 57485
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1191-1 (mozilla-thunderbird)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox/Thunderbird 1.5.0.7
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07/08/2019 +1579 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: redhat.com
Researcher: Martijn Wargers (shutdown)
Organization: Martijn Wargers
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-4570 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-4570
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-32306

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X-Force: 28962
SecurityFocus: 20042 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/Seamonkey Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 21915 - Red Hat update for seamonkey, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 29012 - CVE-2006-4570 - Mozilla - Multiple Products - Setting Bypass Issue
SecurityTracker: 1016866
Vulnerability Center: 12721 - Mozilla Web-Browsers User-Assisted Attacks via Message with XBL File, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 15:51
Updated: 07/08/2019 16:18
Changes: 03/12/2015 15:51 (83), 07/08/2019 16:18 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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