Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.11 Same-Origin Policy resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.11 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Same-Origin Policy Handler. The manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-0419. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.11 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown part of the component Same-Origin Policy Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.12 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.8 allows remote attackers to steal navigation history and cause a denial of service (crash) via images in a page that uses designMode frames, which triggers memory corruption related to resize handles.

The weakness was disclosed 02/08/2008 by Charles McAuley (moz_bug_r_a4) with Martijn Wargers as MFSA2008-06 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at mozilla.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-0419 since 01/23/2008. 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. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 30220 (CentOS 4 / 5 : firefox (CESA-2008:0103)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115710 (Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey Multiple Vulnerabilities February 2008 Security Update (MFSA 2008-01 through MFSA 2008-10)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at mozilla.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (40371), Tenable (30220), SecurityFocus (BID 27683†), Secunia (SA28758†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1019328†). The entries VDB-3567, VDB-3585, VDB-3584 and VDB-3583 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 30220
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 / 5 : firefox (CESA-2008:0103)
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OpenVAS ID: 60363
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1484-1 (xulrunner)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: mozilla.com

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA2008-06
Researcher: Charles McAuley (moz_bug_r_a4)
Organization: Martijn Wargers
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-0419 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-0419
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3587

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X-Force: 40371
SecurityFocus: 27683 - Mozilla Thunderbird/Seamonkey/Firefox 2.0.0.11 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 28758 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
SecurityTracker: 1019328 - Mozilla Firefox designMode Frames May Let Remote Users Obtain Information and Potentially Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 17557 - Mozilla Firefox < 2.0.0.12 and SeaMonkey < 1.1.8 Remote DoS and History Stealth, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-0453

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Entryinfo

Created: 02/18/2008 09:57
Updated: 01/12/2025 02:28
Changes: 02/18/2008 09:57 (84), 01/31/2018 09:54 (10), 03/16/2021 11:40 (3), 01/12/2025 02:28 (15)
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Cache ID: 216:45E:103

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