CVE-2008-0017

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Description

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.

References

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

http://secunia.com/advisories/32684

http://secunia.com/advisories/32693

http://secunia.com/advisories/32694

http://secunia.com/advisories/32695

http://secunia.com/advisories/32713

http://secunia.com/advisories/32714

http://secunia.com/advisories/32721

http://secunia.com/advisories/32778

http://secunia.com/advisories/32845

http://secunia.com/advisories/32853

http://secunia.com/advisories/33433

http://secunia.com/advisories/34501

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11005

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

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

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2008-11-13

Updated: 2018-10-26

Type: CWE-119

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Impact Score: 10

Exploitability Score: 8.6

Severity: HIGH

Vulnerable Software

Configuration 1

OR

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2

OR

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3

OR

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Tenable Plugins

View all (39 total)

IDNameProductFamilySeverity
67766Oracle Linux 5 : firefox (ELSA-2008-0978)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
critical
67765Oracle Linux 3 / 4 : seamonkey (ELSA-2008-0977)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
critical
63402GLSA-201301-01 : Mozilla Products: Multiple vulnerabilities (BEAST)NessusGentoo Local Security Checks
critical
60495Scientific Linux Security Update : seamonkey on SL3.x, SL4.x i386/x86_64NessusScientific Linux Local Security Checks
critical
60494Scientific Linux Security Update : firefox on SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64NessusScientific Linux Local Security Checks
critical
43715CentOS 4 / 5 : firefox (CESA-2008:0978)NessusCentOS Local Security Checks
critical
41511SuSE 10 Security Update : gecko-sdk and mozilla-xulrunner (ZYPP Patch Number 5813)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
41465SuSE 10 Security Update : MozillaFirefox (ZYPP Patch Number 5826)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
40131openSUSE Security Update : seamonkey (seamonkey-326)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
40072openSUSE Security Update : mozilla-xulrunner181 (mozilla-xulrunner181-329)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
39884openSUSE Security Update : MozillaFirefox (MozillaFirefox-334)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
37572Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : firefox (MDVSA-2008:230)NessusMandriva Local Security Checks
critical
37285Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : mozilla-firefox (MDVSA-2008:228)NessusMandriva Local Security Checks
critical
36711Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 7.10 / 8.04 LTS / 8.10 : firefox, firefox-3.0, xulrunner-1.9 vulnerabilities (USN-667-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
critical
36485CentOS 3 / 4 : seamonkey (CESA-2008:0977)NessusCentOS Local Security Checks
critical
35314Debian DSA-1697-1 : iceape - several vulnerabilitiesNessusDebian Local Security Checks
critical
34967SuSE 10 Security Update : gecko-sdk and mozilla-xulrunner (ZYPP Patch Number 5811)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
34961openSUSE 10 Security Update : seamonkey (seamonkey-5815)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
34960openSUSE 10 Security Update : mozilla-xulrunner181 (mozilla-xulrunner181-5820)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
34957openSUSE 10 Security Update : MozillaFirefox (MozillaFirefox-5812)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
34950Debian DSA-1671-1 : iceweasel - several vulnerabilitiesNessusDebian Local Security Checks
critical
34941SuSE 10 Security Update : MozillaFirefox (ZYPP Patch Number 5786)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
34938Debian DSA-1669-1 : xulrunner - several vulnerabilitiesNessusDebian Local Security Checks
critical
4762Mozilla Thunderbird < 2.0.0.18 Multiple VulnerabilitiesNessus Network MonitorSMTP Clients
medium
34778Fedora 9 : Miro-1.2.7-2.fc9 / cairo-dock-1.6.3.1-1.fc9.1 / chmsee-1.0.1-6.fc9 / devhelp-0.19.1-6.fc9 / etc (2008-9669)NessusFedora Local Security Checks
critical
34777Fedora 8 : Miro-1.2.7-2.fc8 / blam-1.8.3-19.fc8 / cairo-dock-1.6.3.1-1.fc8.1 / chmsee-1.0.0-5.31.fc8 / etc (2008-9667)NessusFedora Local Security Checks
critical
34771FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (f29fea8f-b19f-11dd-a55e-00163e000016)NessusFreeBSD Local Security Checks
critical
4753SeaMonkey < 1.1.13 Multiple VulnerabilitiesNessus Network MonitorWeb Clients
medium
4752Mozilla Firefox 3.x < 3.0.4 Multiple VulnerabilitiesNessus Network MonitorWeb Clients
medium
4751Mozilla Firefox < 2.0.0.18 Multiple VulnerabilitiesNessus Network MonitorWeb Clients
medium
34768SeaMonkey < 1.1.13 Multiple VulnerabilitiesNessusWindows
high
34767Firefox 3.0.x < 3.0.4 Multiple VulnerabilitiesNessusWindows
high
34766Firefox < 2.0.0.18 Multiple VulnerabilitiesNessusWindows
high
34764RHEL 4 / 5 : firefox (RHSA-2008:0978)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
critical
34763RHEL 2.1 / 3 / 4 : seamonkey (RHSA-2008:0977)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
critical
801316Mozilla Thunderbird < 2.0.0.18 Multiple VulnerabilitiesLog Correlation EngineSMTP Clients
high
800876SeaMonkey < 1.1.13 Multiple VulnerabilitiesLog Correlation EngineWeb Clients
high
800751Firefox 3.x < 3.0.4 Multiple VulnerabilitiesLog Correlation EngineWeb Clients
high
800741Firefox < 2.0.0.18 Multiple VulnerabilitiesLog Correlation EngineWeb Clients
high