Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.1.8 Java Plugin memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.1.8. Affected is an unknown function of the component Java Plugin. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability was named CVE-2008-1240. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.1.8 (Web Browser). This affects some unknown processing of the component Java Plugin. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

LiveConnect in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.13 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.9 does not properly parse the content origin for jar: URIs before sending them to the Java plugin, which allows remote attackers to access arbitrary ports on the local machine. NOTE: this is closely related to CVE-2008-1195.

The bug was discovered 03/25/2008. The weakness was presented 03/27/2008 by Gregory Fleischer (moz_bug_r_a4) with Mozilla Developers (Website). The advisory is shared at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-1240 since 03/10/2008. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 31684 (CentOS 4 / 5 : firefox (CESA-2008:0207)), 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 165678 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update Mozilla Firefox (SUSE-SA:2008:019)).

Upgrading to version 1.1.8 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (41458), Tenable (31684), SecurityFocus (BID 28448†), OSVDB (43847†) and Secunia (SA29560†). See VDB-3645, VDB-38765, VDB-40968 and VDB-41723 for similar entries. 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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Physical: No
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 31684
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 / 5 : firefox (CESA-2008:0207)
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OpenVAS ID: 60653
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1532-1 (xulrunner)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: SeaMonkey 1.1.8

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Gregory Fleischer (moz_bug_r_a4)
Organization: Mozilla Developers
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2008-1240 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-1240
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-41733

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X-Force: 41458
SecurityFocus: 28448 - Mozilla Thunderbird/Seamonkey/Firefox 2.0.0.12 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 29560 - rPath update for firefox, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 43847 - CVE-2008-1240 - Mozilla - Firefox And SeaMonkey - Information Disclosure Issue
Vulnerability Center: 18038 - Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey Java socket Connection to Any Local Port via LiveConnect, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-0998

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 08/07/2019 20:44
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (85), 08/07/2019 20:44 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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