Mozilla Firefox up to 2.0.0.17 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 2.0.0.17. It has been declared as critical. This impacts an unknown function. The manipulation results in resource management. This vulnerability was named CVE-2008-5013. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 2.0.0.17 (Web Browser). It has been classified as critical. Affected is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Mozilla Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.18 and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.13 do not properly check when the Flash module has been dynamically unloaded properly, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted SWF file that "dynamically unloads itself from an outside JavaScript function," which triggers an access of an expired memory address.

The bug was discovered 11/12/2008. The weakness was presented 11/13/2008 by Georgi Guninski (moz_bug_r_a4) with Martijn Wargers (Website). The advisory is shared for download at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-5013 since 11/10/2008. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit 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 $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 36485 (CentOS 3 / 4 : seamonkey (CESA-2008:0977)), 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 165705 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update Mozilla (SUSE-SA:2008:055)).

Upgrading to version 1.1 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 5 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 6618.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (46615), Tenable (36485), SecurityFocus (BID 32281†), OSVDB (50140†) and Secunia (SA34501†). See VDB-44999, VDB-44998, VDB-44997 and VDB-44996 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 36485
Nessus Name: CentOS 3 / 4 : seamonkey (CESA-2008:0977)
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OpenVAS ID: 61907
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1669-1 (xulrunner)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 1.1
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Georgi Guninski (moz_bug_r_a4)
Organization: Martijn Wargers
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-5013 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-5013
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-44988

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X-Force: 46615
SecurityFocus: 32281 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 34501 - Sun Solaris Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 50140 - CVE-2008-5013 - Mozilla - Multiple Products - Code Execution Issue
SecurityTracker: 1021181
Vulnerability Center: 20006 - Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey Flash Module Remote Code Execution via a Crafted SWF File, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-3146

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/20/2019 17:44
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (91), 08/20/2019 17:44 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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