National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-5504

Overview

Mozilla Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.19 allows remote attackers to run arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges via vectors related to the feed preview, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-3836.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: MISC

Name: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=453526

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=453526

External Source: XF

Name: firefox-feedpreview-code-execution(47410)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/47410

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-0977

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

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-690-2

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-690-2

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1021422

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021422

External Source: BID

Name: 32882

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32882

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2008:1037

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1037.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-62.html

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-62.html

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2008:244

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:244

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1707

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1707

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: 33523

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/33523

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 33231

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/33231

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 33189

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/33189

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 33184

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/33184

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10781

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10781

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10781

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

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10781