National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-5510

Overview

The CSS parser in Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.5 and 2.x before 2.0.0.19, Thunderbird 2.x before 2.0.0.19, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.14 ignores the '\0' escaped null character, which might allow remote attackers to bypass protection mechanisms such as sanitization routines.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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External Source: MISC

Name: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=228856

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=228856

External Source: XF

Name: mozilla-cssparser-security-bypass(47415)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/47415

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-0977

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

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-690-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-690-1

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-701-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-701-1

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-690-2

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

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1021425

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021425

External Source: BID

Name: 32882

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

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2008:1036

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1036.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-67.html

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-67.html

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2009:012

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:012

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2008:245

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:245

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: 258748

Hyperlink:http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-258748-1

External Source: SUNALERT

Name: 256408

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

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 35080

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/35080

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: 33408

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/33408

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 33231

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

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 33216

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/33216

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 33205

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/33205

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 33204

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/33204

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 33203

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/33203

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 33188

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/33188

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 33184

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

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9662

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9662

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9662

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

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9662