National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-0017

Overview

The http-index-format MIME type parser (nsDirIndexParser) in Firefox 3.x before 3.0.4, Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.18, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.13 does not check for an allocation failure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an HTTP index response with a crafted 200 header, which triggers memory corruption and a buffer overflow.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA08-319A

Name: TA08-319A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-319A.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2008-9669

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00385.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2008-9667

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00366.html

External Source: MISC

Name: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=443299

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=443299

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-0977

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-3146

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3146

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1021185

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021185

External Source: BID

Name: 32281

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32281

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2008:0978

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0978.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2008:0977

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0977.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-54.html

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-54.html

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2008:230

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:230

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2008:228

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:228

External Source: ISS

Name: 20081113 Mozilla Unchecked Allocation Remote Code Execution

Hyperlink:http://www.iss.net/threats/311.html

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1697

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1671

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1671

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1669

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1669

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-667-1

Hyperlink:http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-667-1

External Source: SUNALERT

Name: 256408

Hyperlink:http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 34501

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/34501

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 33433

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/33433

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 32853

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/32853

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 32845

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/32845

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 32778

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/32778

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 32721

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/32721

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 32714

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/32714

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 32713

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/32713

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 32695

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/32695

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 32694

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/32694

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 32693

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/32693

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 32684

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/32684

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11005

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11005

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2008:055

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00004.html

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11005

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11005