Mozilla Firefox up to 3.0.1 jslock.cpp OBJ_IS_NATIVE input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 3.0.1. It has been rated as critical. Affected is the function OBJ_IS_NATIVE of the file jslock.cpp. This manipulation causes input validation. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-5014. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 3.0.1 (Web Browser). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function OBJ_IS_NATIVE of the file jslock.cpp. 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 confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

jslock.cpp in Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.2, Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.18, Thunderbird 2.x before 2.0.0.18, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by modifying the window.__proto__.__proto__ object in a way that causes a lock on a non-native object, which triggers an assertion failure related to the OBJ_IS_NATIVE function.

The bug was discovered 11/12/2008. The weakness was shared 11/13/2008 by Georgi Guninski (moz_bug_r_a4) with Martijn Wargers (Website). The advisory is shared at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-5014 since 11/10/2008. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is 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 43714 (CentOS 4 / 5 : thunderbird (CESA-2008:0976)), 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 119094 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2008:0978)).

Upgrading to version 1.0.9 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 weeks 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 (43714), SecurityFocus (BID 32281†), OSVDB (50141†) and Secunia (SA32011†). The entries VDB-44999, VDB-44998, VDB-44997 and VDB-44996 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 43714
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 / 5 : thunderbird (CESA-2008:0976)
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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 1.0.9
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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-2008-5014 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-5014
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-44989

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X-Force: 46615
SecurityFocus: 32281 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 32011
OSVDB: 50141 - CVE-2008-5014 - Mozilla - Multiple Products - Denial-Of-Service Issue
SecurityTracker: 1021182
Vulnerability Center: 20005 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey Window Modification Remote Code Execution and DoS, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-3146

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/20/2019 16:56
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (83), 08/20/2019 16:56 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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