Mozilla Firefox up to 2.0.0.10 window.location race condition

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 2.0.0.10. This impacts the function window.location. The manipulation leads to race condition. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2007-5959. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 2.0.0.10 (Web Browser). This issue affects the function window.location. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.10 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.7 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors that trigger memory corruption.

The weakness was published 11/27/2007 by Gregory Fleischer as MFSA2007-38 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at mozilla.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-5959 since 11/14/2007. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful 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 28351 (FreeBSD : firefox -- multiple remote unspecified memory corruption vulnerabilities (f1f6f6da-9d2f-11dc-9114-001c2514716c)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 156004 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Update for SeaMonkey (ELSA-2007-1084)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at mozilla.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 8959.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (38643), Tenable (28351), SecurityFocus (BID 26593†), Secunia (SA27725†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1018994†). Similar entries are available at VDB-3484, VDB-39840 and VDB-39664. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Race condition
CWE: CWE-362
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 28351
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : firefox -- multiple remote unspecified memory corruption vulnerabilities (f1f6f6da-9d2f-11dc-9114-001c2514716c)
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OpenVAS ID: 59959
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1425-1 (xulrunner)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA2007-38
Researcher: Gregory Fleischer
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-5959 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-5959
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3485

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X-Force: 38643
SecurityFocus: 26593 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Remote Unspecified Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 27725 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
SecurityTracker: 1018994 - Mozilla Firefox Memory Corruption Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 16920 - Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey Unspecified Vulnerability Allows Remote Code Execution and DoS, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-4002

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Entryinfo

Created: 12/03/2007 13:49
Updated: 03/16/2021 09:23
Changes: 12/03/2007 13:49 (87), 01/31/2018 09:53 (15), 03/16/2021 09:23 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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