Mozilla Firefox prior 1.0.9 Crypto cryptographic issue

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox. It has been declared as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Crypto. The manipulation results in cryptographic issue. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2010-3173. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser). It has been classified as critical. Affected is some unknown processing of the component Crypto. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issue vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-310. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The SSL implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.14 and 3.6.x before 3.6.11, Thunderbird before 3.0.9 and 3.1.x before 3.1.5, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.9 does not properly set the minimum key length for Diffie-Hellman Ephemeral (DHE) mode, which makes it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms via a brute-force attack.

The weakness was shared 10/21/2010 by Jesse Ruderman (Paul) as Bug 595300 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is available at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2010-3173. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1600 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 50315 (Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : mozilla-thunderbird (MDVSA-2010:211)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 118663 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2010:0782)).

Upgrading to version 1.0.9 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (50315), SecurityFocus (BID 44243†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-27800†). The entries VDB-55197, VDB-55196 and VDB-55193 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Cryptographic issue
CWE: CWE-310
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 50315
Nessus Name: Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : mozilla-thunderbird (MDVSA-2010:211)
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OpenVAS ID: 68457
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2123-1 (nss)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 1.0.9

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08/27/2010 🔍
10/19/2010 +53 days 🔍
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03/19/2015 +1607 days 🔍
09/27/2021 +2384 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 595300
Researcher: Jesse Ruderman (Paul)
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-3173 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-3173
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-55194

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SecurityFocus: 44243 - Mozilla Firefox SeaMonkey and Thunderbird CVE-2010-3176 Multiple Memory-Corruption Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 41839
Vulnerability Center: 27800 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey Weak Encryption via DHE Keys, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 09/27/2021 20:49
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (68), 03/08/2017 15:21 (10), 09/27/2021 20:41 (5), 09/27/2021 20:49 (1)
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