Mozilla Firefox up to 3.5.5 Browser Engine resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Mozilla Firefox 3.5.1/3.5.2/3.5.3/3.5.4/3.5.5. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Browser Engine. Executing a manipulation can lead to resource management. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2009-3980. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox 3.5.1/3.5.2/3.5.3/3.5.4/3.5.5 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the component Browser Engine. 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. CVE summarizes:

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x before 3.5.6, SeaMonkey before 2.0.1, and Thunderbird allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

The weakness was presented 12/17/2009 by Jesse Ruderman (Website). The advisory is available at vupen.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2009-3980 since 11/19/2009. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 43355 (CentOS 4 : seamonkey (CESA-2009:1673)), 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 165665 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update Mozilla Firefox (SUSE-SA:2009:063)).

Upgrading to version 1.0.9 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (54800), Tenable (43355), SecurityFocus (BID 37362†), Secunia (SA37699†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1023333†). See VDB-4073, VDB-51185, VDB-51184 and VDB-51183 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 43355
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 : seamonkey (CESA-2009:1673)
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OpenVAS ID: 66561
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Core 11 FEDORA-2009-13333 (firefox)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 1.0.9

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08/30/2021 +2357 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Researcher: Jesse Ruderman
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2009-3980 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-3980
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-51178

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X-Force: 54800
SecurityFocus: 37362 - Mozilla Firefox CVE-2009-3980 Multiple Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 37699 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
SecurityTracker: 1023333 - Mozilla Firefox Bugs in JavaScript Engine and Browser Engine Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 24392 - Mozilla SeaMonkey < 2.0.1 and Mozilla Firefox < 3.5.6 Remote DoS and Code Execution Vulnerability, Critical
Vupen: ADV-2009-3547

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 08/30/2021 07:12
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (66), 02/18/2017 09:33 (18), 08/30/2021 07:12 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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