Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.8 input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.8. The affected element is an unknown function. This manipulation causes input validation. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2007-2292. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.8 (Web Browser) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

CRLF injection vulnerability in the Digest Authentication support for Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.8 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.5 allows remote attackers to conduct HTTP request splitting attacks via LF (%0a) bytes in the username attribute.

The bug was discovered 04/25/2007. The weakness was disclosed 04/26/2007 by Stefano Di Paola (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at redhat.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2007-2292 since 04/26/2007. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. 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 was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 27540 (CentOS 4 / 5 : firefox (CESA-2007:0979)), 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 156031 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Update for Firefox (ELSA-2007-0979)).

Upgrading to version 2.0.0.8 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 7 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (33981), Tenable (27540), SecurityFocus (BID 23668†), OSVDB (37995†) and Secunia (SA27276†). The entries VDB-3404, VDB-3405, VDB-3409 and VDB-3407 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Physical: No
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 27540
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 / 5 : firefox (CESA-2007:0979)
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OpenVAS ID: 58689
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1392-1 (xulrunner)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 2.0.0.8

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: redhat.com
Researcher: Stefano Di Paola
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-2292 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-2292
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-36427

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X-Force: 33981
SecurityFocus: 23668 - Multiple Web Browsers Digest Authentication HTTP Response Splitting Vulnerability
Secunia: 27276
OSVDB: 37995 - CVE-2007-2292 - Firefox and SeaMonkey - CRLF Injection Issue
SecurityTracker: 1017968
Vulnerability Center: 16674 - Mozilla Firefox and Other Web Browsers CRLF Injection Vulnerability in Digest Authentication, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-3544

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/13/2015 14:56
Updated: 07/29/2019 10:28
Changes: 03/13/2015 14:56 (86), 07/29/2019 10:28 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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