Mozilla SeaMonkey up to 1.0.8 Layout Engine race condition

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla SeaMonkey up to 1.0.8. It has been rated as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Layout Engine. This manipulation causes race condition. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2010-5074. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla SeaMonkey up to 1.0.8 (Web Browser). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component Layout Engine. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The layout engine in Mozilla Firefox before 4.0, Thunderbird before 3.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.1 executes different code for visited and unvisited links during the processing of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) token sequences, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain sensitive information about visited web pages via a timing attack.

The weakness was published 12/07/2011 with Mozilla (Website). The advisory is shared at blog.mozilla.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2010-5074 since 12/07/2011. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 57316 (Firefox < 4 CSS Browser History Disclosure Vulnerability), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows.

Upgrading to version 1.0.9 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (71809), Tenable (57316), SecurityFocus (BID 51051†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-34120†). Similar entries are available at VDB-59598 and VDB-59597. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Race condition
CWE: CWE-362
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Nessus ID: 57316
Nessus Name: Firefox < 4 CSS Browser History Disclosure Vulnerability
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OpenVAS ID: 802546
OpenVAS Name: Mozilla Products Multiple Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities - MAC OS X
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: SeaMonkey 1.0.9

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org

Advisory: blog.mozilla.com
Organization: Mozilla
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-5074 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-5074
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-59605

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X-Force: 71809
SecurityFocus: 51051 - Mozilla Firefox Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Browser History Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 34120 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey Remote Information Disclosure via a Timing Attack, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/27/2021 03:47
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (62), 04/09/2017 13:07 (11), 11/27/2021 03:47 (3)
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