Mozilla Firefox up to 3.0.4 input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox. This impacts an unknown function. This manipulation causes input validation. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-5508. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. 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:

Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.5 and 2.x before 2.0.0.19, Thunderbird 2.x before 2.0.0.19, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.14 does not properly parse URLs with leading whitespace or control characters, which might allow remote attackers to misrepresent URLs and simplify phishing attacks.

The weakness was released 12/17/2008 by Jesse Ruderman (moz_bug_r_a4) as Bug 460803 as confirmed bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-5508 since 12/12/2008. 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 scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 43721 (CentOS 4 / 5 : firefox (CESA-2008:1036)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165625 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update Mozilla (SUSE-SA:2009:002)).

Upgrading to version 1.0.9 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (47414), Tenable (43721), SecurityFocus (BID 32882†), Secunia (SA33231†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1021426†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-45575, VDB-45574, VDB-45573 and VDB-45572. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.9

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 43721
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 / 5 : firefox (CESA-2008:1036)
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OpenVAS ID: 63143
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1696-1 (icedove)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 1.0.9
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 460803
Researcher: Jesse Ruderman (moz_bug_r_a4)
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-5508 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-5508
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-45571

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X-Force: 47414
SecurityFocus: 32882 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 33231 - Ubuntu update for firefox, Highly Critical
SecurityTracker: 1021426 - Mozilla Firefox Does Not Properly Parse URLs Containing Control Characters
Vulnerability Center: 20267 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey Simplify Phishing Attacks Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2009-0977

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/03/2021 16:56
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (68), 04/13/2017 12:26 (19), 08/03/2021 16:56 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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