Mozilla Firefox up to 3.6.3 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Mozilla Firefox up to 3.6.3. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2010-1198. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 3.6.3 (Web Browser). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Use-after-free vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x before 3.5.10 and 3.6.x before 3.6.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.5, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving multiple plugin instances.

The weakness was presented 06/24/2010 as Bug 532246 as confirmed bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.mozilla.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2010-1198 since 03/30/2010. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. 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 47788 (CentOS 3 / 4 : seamonkey (CESA-2010:0499)), 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 118158 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2010:0500, RHSA-2010:0501)).

Upgrading to version 1.0.9 eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 9910.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (59664), Tenable (47788), SecurityFocus (BID 41102†), Secunia (SA40326†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1024138†). See VDB-4093, VDB-45961, VDB-45960 and VDB-53788 for similar entries. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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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: 47788
Nessus Name: CentOS 3 / 4 : seamonkey (CESA-2010:0499)
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OpenVAS ID: 67636
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2064-1 (xulrunner)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 1.0.9
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 532246
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2010-1198 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-1198
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-53783

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X-Force: 59664
SecurityFocus: 41102
Secunia: 40326 - Mozilla SeaMonkey Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
SecurityTracker: 1024138 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Access Keystrokes, and Conduct Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
Vulnerability Center: 26125 - Mozilla Firefox 3.0-3.5.9, 3.6-3.6.3 and SeaMonkey 1.0-2.0.4 Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2010-1551

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 09/18/2021 14:50
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (67), 02/28/2017 07:53 (15), 09/18/2021 14:50 (3)
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