Mozilla Firefox up to 3.0.3 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 3.0.3. Impacted is an unknown function. This manipulation causes resource management. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2008-5021. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 3.0.3 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

nsFrameManager in Firefox 3.x before 3.0.4, 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 properties of a file input element while it is still being initialized, then using the blur method to access uninitialized memory.

The bug was discovered 11/12/2008. The weakness was published 11/13/2008 by Georgi Guninski (moz_bug_r_a4) with Martijn Wargers (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-5021 since 11/10/2008. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. 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 $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 (46780), Tenable (43714), SecurityFocus (BID 32281†), OSVDB (50179†) and Secunia (SA32684†). Similar entries are available at VDB-44999, VDB-44998, VDB-44997 and VDB-44996. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.0

VulDB Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Temp Score: 9.0
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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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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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11/13/2008 +1 days 🔍
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11/23/2008 +7 days 🔍
01/06/2010 +409 days 🔍
03/17/2015 +1896 days 🔍
08/20/2019 +1617 days 🔍

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-2008-5021 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-5021
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-44995

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X-Force: 46780
SecurityFocus: 32281 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 32684
OSVDB: 50179 - CVE-2008-5021 - Mozilla - Multiple Products - Denial-Of-Service Issue
SecurityTracker: 1021186
Vulnerability Center: 20000 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey DOM Constructing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability, High
Vupen: ADV-2008-3146

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/20/2019 16:48
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (84), 08/20/2019 16:48 (12)
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Cache ID: 216:94E:103

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