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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-0419

Original release date:02/08/2008
Last revised:12/03/2008
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.12 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.8 allows remote attackers to steal navigation history and cause a denial of service (crash) via images in a page that uses designMode frames, which triggers memory corruption related to resize handles.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:9.3 (HIGH) (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 10.0
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service

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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#879056
Name: VU#879056
Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/879056
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2008-2118
Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00946.html
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2008-2060
Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00905.html
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2008-1535
Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00381.html
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2008-1459
Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00309.html
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2008-1435
Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00274.html
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1995
Hyperlink:https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1995
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=400556
Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=400556
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-576-1
Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-576-1
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1019328
Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019328
External Source: BID
Name: 27683
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27683
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20080229 rPSA-2008-0093-1 thunderbird
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/488971/100/0/threaded
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20080212 FLEA-2008-0001-1 firefox
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/488002/100/0/threaded
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20080209 rPSA-2008-0051-1 firefox
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/487826/100/0/threaded
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2008:0105
Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0105.html
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2008:0104
Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0104.html
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2008:0103
Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0103.html
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-06.html
Hyperlink:http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-06.html
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2008:048
Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:048
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200805-18
Hyperlink:http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-18.xml
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-1793
Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/1793/references
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-0627
Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/0627/references
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-0453
Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/0453/references
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1506
Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1506
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1489
Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1489
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1485
Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1485
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1484
Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1484
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0093
Hyperlink:http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0093
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0093
Hyperlink:http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0093
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0051
Hyperlink:http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0051
External Source: SUNALERT
Name: 238492
Hyperlink:http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-238492-1
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 30620
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30620
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29167
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29167
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29164
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29164
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29086
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29086
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29049
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29049
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28958
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28958
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28939
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28939
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28924
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28924
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28879
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28879
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28877
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28877
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28865
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28865
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28864
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28864
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28839
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28839
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28818
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28818
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28815
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28815
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28808
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28808
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28766
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28766
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28758
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28758
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28754
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28754
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SA:2008:008
Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00006.html
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://browser.netscape.com/releasenotes/
Hyperlink:http://browser.netscape.com/releasenotes/
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/6251b18e050302ebe7fe74294b55c818.html
Hyperlink:http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/6251b18e050302ebe7fe74294b55c818.html
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 30327
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30327
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29567
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29567

Vulnerable software and versions

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spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.11 and previous versions
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1.7 and previous versions
* Denotes Vulnerable Software
* Changes related to vulnerability configurations

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)
  • Resource Management Errors (CWE-399)
CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0419