National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-2933

Overview

Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.16, and 3.x before 3.0.1, interprets '|' (pipe) characters in a command-line URI as requests to open multiple tabs, which allows remote attackers to access chrome:i URIs, or read arbitrary local files via manipulations involving a series of URIs that is not entirely handled by a vector application, as exploited in conjunction with CVE-2008-2540. NOTE: this issue exists because of an insufficient fix for CVE-2005-2267.

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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#130923

Name: VU#130923

Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/130923

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2683

Hyperlink:https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2683

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=441120

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=441120

External Source: XF

Name: firefox-commandline-uri-security-bypass(43832)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/43832

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-0977

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

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-626-2

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-626-2

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-626-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-626-1

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-623-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-623-1

External Source: SLACKWARE

Name: SSA:2008-198-01

Hyperlink:http://www.slackware.org/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.380974

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1020500

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020500

External Source: BID

Name: 30242

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30242

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20080729 rPSA-2008-0238-1 firefox

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/494860/100/0/threaded

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2008:0598

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0598.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2008:0597

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0597.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.novell.com/support/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=InfoDocument-patchbuilder-readme5031400

Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/support/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=InfoDocument-patchbuilder-readme5031400

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-35.html

Hyperlink:http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-35.html

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2008:148

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:148

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1697

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

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1615

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1615

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1614

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1614

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0238

Hyperlink:http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0238

External Source: SUNALERT

Name: 256408

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

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200808-03

Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-03.xml

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: 31377

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31377

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31306

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31306

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31270

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31270

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31261

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31261

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31183

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31183

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31176

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31176

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31157

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31157

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31145

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31145

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31129

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31129

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31121

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31121

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31120

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31120

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31106

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31106

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11618

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11618

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11618

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

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11618