Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.5 allows remote attackers to bypass intended privacy restrictions by using the persist attribute in an XUL element to create and access data entities that are similar to cookies.

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2008:1036 :

An updated firefox package that fixes various security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.

This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Mozilla Firefox is an open source Web browser.

Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A web page containing malicious content could cause Firefox to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running Firefox.
(CVE-2008-5500, CVE-2008-5501, CVE-2008-5502, CVE-2008-5511, CVE-2008-5512, CVE-2008-5513)

Several flaws were found in the way malformed content was processed. A website containing specially crafted content could potentially trick a Firefox user into surrendering sensitive information. (CVE-2008-5506, CVE-2008-5507)

A flaw was found in the way Firefox stored attributes in XML User Interface Language (XUL) elements. A website could use this flaw to track users across browser sessions, even if users did not allow the site to store cookies in the victim's browser. (CVE-2008-5505)

A flaw was found in the way malformed URLs were processed by Firefox.
This flaw could prevent various URL sanitization mechanisms from properly parsing a malicious URL. (CVE-2008-5508)

A flaw was found in Firefox's CSS parser. A malicious web page could inject NULL characters into a CSS input string, possibly bypassing an application's script sanitization routines. (CVE-2008-5510)

For technical details regarding these flaws, please see the Mozilla security advisories for Firefox 3.0.5. You can find a link to the Mozilla advisories in the References section.

Note: after the errata packages are installed, Firefox must be restarted for the update to take effect.

All firefox users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches that correct these issues.

Several flaws were discovered in the browser engine. These problems could allow an attacker to crash the browser and possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2008-5500)

Boris Zbarsky discovered that the same-origin check in Firefox could be bypassed by utilizing XBL-bindings. An attacker could exploit this to read data from other domains. (CVE-2008-5503)

Marius Schilder discovered that Firefox did not properly handle redirects to an outside domain when an XMLHttpRequest was made to a same-origin resource. It's possible that sensitive information could be revealed in the XMLHttpRequest response. (CVE-2008-5506)

Chris Evans discovered that Firefox did not properly protect a user's data when accessing a same-domain JavaScript URL that is redirected to an unparsable JavaScript off-site resource. If a user were tricked into opening a malicious website, an attacker may be able to steal a limited amount of private data. (CVE-2008-5507)

Several flaws were discovered in the JavaScript engine. If a user were tricked into opening a malicious website, an attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary JavaScript code within the context of another website or with chrome privileges. (CVE-2008-5511, CVE-2008-5512).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201301-01 (Mozilla Products: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mozilla Firefox,       Thunderbird, SeaMonkey, NSS, GNU IceCat, and XULRunner. Please review the       CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
  Impact :

    A remote attacker could entice a user to view a specially crafted web       page or email, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code or a       Denial of Service condition. Furthermore, a remote attacker may be able       to perform Man-in-the-Middle attacks, obtain sensitive information,       bypass restrictions and protection mechanisms, force file downloads,       conduct XML injection attacks, conduct XSS attacks, bypass the Same       Origin Policy, spoof URL&rsquo;s for phishing attacks, trigger a vertical       scroll, spoof the location bar, spoof an SSL indicator, modify the       browser&rsquo;s font, conduct clickjacking attacks, or have other unspecified       impact.
    A local attacker could gain escalated privileges, obtain sensitive       information, or replace an arbitrary downloaded file.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A web page containing malicious content could cause Firefox to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running Firefox.
(CVE-2008-5500, CVE-2008-5501, CVE-2008-5502, CVE-2008-5511, CVE-2008-5512, CVE-2008-5513)

Several flaws were found in the way malformed content was processed. A website containing specially crafted content could potentially trick a Firefox user into surrendering sensitive information. (CVE-2008-5506, CVE-2008-5507)

A flaw was found in the way Firefox stored attributes in XML User Interface Language (XUL) elements. A website could use this flaw to track users across browser sessions, even if users did not allow the site to store cookies in the victim's browser. (CVE-2008-5505)

A flaw was found in the way malformed URLs were processed by Firefox.
This flaw could prevent various URL sanitization mechanisms from properly parsing a malicious URL. (CVE-2008-5508)

A flaw was found in Firefox's CSS parser. A malicious web page could inject NULL characters into a CSS input string, possibly bypassing an application's script sanitization routines. (CVE-2008-5510)

For technical details regarding these flaws, please see the Mozilla security advisories for Firefox 3.0.5. You can find a link to the Mozilla advisories in the References section.

Note: after the errata packages are installed, Firefox must be restarted for the update to take effect.

An updated firefox package that fixes various security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.

This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Mozilla Firefox is an open source Web browser.

Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A web page containing malicious content could cause Firefox to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running Firefox.
(CVE-2008-5500, CVE-2008-5501, CVE-2008-5502, CVE-2008-5511, CVE-2008-5512, CVE-2008-5513)

Several flaws were found in the way malformed content was processed. A website containing specially crafted content could potentially trick a Firefox user into surrendering sensitive information. (CVE-2008-5506, CVE-2008-5507)

A flaw was found in the way Firefox stored attributes in XML User Interface Language (XUL) elements. A website could use this flaw to track users across browser sessions, even if users did not allow the site to store cookies in the victim's browser. (CVE-2008-5505)

A flaw was found in the way malformed URLs were processed by Firefox.
This flaw could prevent various URL sanitization mechanisms from properly parsing a malicious URL. (CVE-2008-5508)

A flaw was found in Firefox's CSS parser. A malicious web page could inject NULL characters into a CSS input string, possibly bypassing an application's script sanitization routines. (CVE-2008-5510)

For technical details regarding these flaws, please see the Mozilla security advisories for Firefox 3.0.5. You can find a link to the Mozilla advisories in the References section.

Note: after the errata packages are installed, Firefox must be restarted for the update to take effect.

All firefox users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches that correct these issues.

The Mozilla Firefox browser was updated to version 3.0.5, fixing various security issues and stability problems.

The following security issues were fixed :

MFSA 2008-69 / CVE-2008-5513: Mozilla security researcher moz_bug_r_a4 reported vulnerabilities in the session-restore feature by which content could be injected into an incorrect document storage location, including storage locations for other domains. An attacker could utilize these issues to violate the browser's same-origin policy and perform an XSS attack while SessionStore data is being restored.
moz_bug_r_a4 also reported that one variant could be used by an attacker to run arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges.

MFSA 2008-68 / CVE-2008-5512 / CVE-2008-5511: Mozilla security researcher moz_bug_r_a4 reported that an XBL binding, when attached to an unloaded document, can be used to violate the same-origin policy and execute arbitrary JavaScript within the context of a different website. moz_bug_r_a4 also reported two vulnerabilities by which page content can pollute XPCNativeWrappers and run arbitary JavaScript with chrome priviliges. Thunderbird shares the browser engine with Firefox and could be vulnerable if JavaScript were to be enabled in mail. This is not the default setting and we strongly discourage users from running JavaScript in mail. Workaround Disable JavaScript until a version containing these fixes can be installed.

MFSA 2008-67 / CVE-2008-5510: Kojima Hajime reported that unlike literal null characters which were handled correctly, the escaped form '\0' was ignored by the CSS parser and treated as if it was not present in the CSS input string. This issue could potentially be used to bypass script sanitization routines in web applications. The severity of this issue was determined to be low.

MFSA 2008-66 / CVE-2008-5508: Perl developer Chip Salzenberg reported that certain control characters, when placed at the beginning of a URL, would lead to incorrect parsing resulting in a malformed URL being output by the parser. IBM researchers Justin Schuh, Tom Cross, and Peter William also reported a related symptom as part of their research that resulted in MFSA 2008-37. There was no direct security impact from this issue and its effect was limited to the improper rendering of hyperlinks containing specific characters. The severity of this issue was determined to be low.

MFSA 2008-65 / CVE-2008-5507: Google security researcher Chris Evans reported that a website could access a limited amount of data from a different domain by loading a same-domain JavaScript URL which redirects to an off-domain target resource containing data which is not parsable as JavaScript. Upon attempting to load the data as JavaScript a syntax error is generated that can reveal some of the file context via the window.onerror DOM API. This issue could be used by a malicious website to steal private data from users who are authenticated on the redirected website. How much data could be at risk would depend on the format of the data and how the JavaScript parser attempts to interpret it. For most files the amount of data that can be recovered would be limited to the first word or two. Some data files might allow deeper probing with repeated loads. Thunderbird shares the browser engine with Firefox and could be vulnerable if JavaScript were to be enabled in mail. This is not the default setting and we strongly discourage users from running JavaScript in mail.
Workaround Disable JavaScript until a version containing these fixes can be installed.

MFSA 2008-64 / CVE-2008-5506: Marius Schilder of Google Security reported that when a XMLHttpRequest is made to a same-origin resource which 302 redirects to a resource in a different domain, the response from the cross-domain resource is readable by the site issuing the XHR. Cookies marked HttpOnly were not readable, but other potentially sensitive data could be revealed in the XHR response including URL parameters and content in the response body. Thunderbird shares the browser engine with Firefox and could be vulnerable if JavaScript were to be enabled in mail. This is not the default setting and we strongly discourage users from running JavaScript in mail. Workaround Disable JavaScript until a version containing these fixes can be installed.

MFSA 2008-63 / CVE-2008-5505: Security researcher Hish reported that the persist attribute in XUL elements can be used to store cookie-like information on a user's computer which could later be read by a website. This creates a privacy issue for users who have a non-standard cookie preference and wish to prevent sites from setting cookies on their machine. Even with cookies turned off, this issue could be used by a website to write persistent data in a user's browser and track the user across browsing sessions. Additionally, this issue could allow a website to bypass the limits normally placed on cookie size and number.

MFSA 2008-60 / CVE-2008-5502 / CVE-2008-5501 / CVE-2008-5500: Mozilla developers identified and fixed several stability bugs in the browser engine used in Firefox and other Mozilla-based products. Some of these crashes showed evidence of memory corruption under certain circumstances and we presume that with enough effort at least some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code. Thunderbird shares the browser engine with Firefox and could be vulnerable if JavaScript were to be enabled in mail. This is not the default setting and we strongly discourage users from running JavaScript in mail. Without further investigation we cannot rule out the possibility that for some of these an attacker might be able to prepare memory for exploitation through some means other than JavaScript such as large images.
Workaround Disable JavaScript until a version containing these fixes can be installed.

Update to the new upstream Firefox 3.0.5 / XULRunner 1.9.0.5 fixing multiple security issues: http://www.mozilla.org/security/known- vulnerabilities/firefox30.html#firefox3.0.5 This update also contains new builds of all applications depending on Gecko libraries, built against new version. Note: after the updated packages are installed, Firefox must be restarted for the update to take effect.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Security vulnerabilities have been discovered and corrected in the latest Mozilla Firefox 3.x, version 3.0.5 (CVE-2008-5500, CVE-2008-5501, CVE-2008-5502, CVE-2008-5505, CVE-2008-5506, CVE-2008-5507, CVE-2008-5508, CVE-2008-5510, CVE-2008-5511, CVE-2008-5512, CVE-2008-5513).

This update provides the latest Mozilla Firefox 3.x to correct these issues.

Several flaws were discovered in the browser engine. These problems could allow an attacker to crash the browser and possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2008-5500, CVE-2008-5501, CVE-2008-5502)

It was discovered that Firefox did not properly handle persistent cookie data. If a user were tricked into opening a malicious website, an attacker could write persistent data in the user's browser and track the user across browsing sessions. (CVE-2008-5505)

Marius Schilder discovered that Firefox did not properly handle redirects to an outside domain when an XMLHttpRequest was made to a same-origin resource. It's possible that sensitive information could be revealed in the XMLHttpRequest response. (CVE-2008-5506)

Chris Evans discovered that Firefox did not properly protect a user's data when accessing a same-domain JavaScript URL that is redirected to an unparsable JavaScript off-site resource. If a user were tricked into opening a malicious website, an attacker may be able to steal a limited amount of private data. (CVE-2008-5507)

Chip Salzenberg, Justin Schuh, Tom Cross, and Peter William discovered Firefox did not properly parse URLs when processing certain control characters. (CVE-2008-5508)

Kojima Hajime discovered that Firefox did not properly handle an escaped null character. An attacker may be able to exploit this flaw to bypass script sanitization. (CVE-2008-5510)

Several flaws were discovered in the JavaScript engine. If a user were tricked into opening a malicious website, an attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary JavaScript code within the context of another website or with chrome privileges. (CVE-2008-5511, CVE-2008-5512)

Flaws were discovered in the session-restore feature of Firefox. If a user were tricked into opening a malicious website, an attacker could exploit this to perform cross-site scripting attacks or execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges. (CVE-2008-5513).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Several flaws were discovered in the browser engine. These problems could allow an attacker to crash the browser and possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2008-5500)

Boris Zbarsky discovered that the same-origin check in Firefox could be bypassed by utilizing XBL-bindings. An attacker could exploit this to read data from other domains. (CVE-2008-5503)

Several problems were discovered in the JavaScript engine. An attacker could exploit feed preview vulnerabilities to execute scripts from page content with chrome privileges. (CVE-2008-5504)

Marius Schilder discovered that Firefox did not properly handle redirects to an outside domain when an XMLHttpRequest was made to a same-origin resource. It's possible that sensitive information could be revealed in the XMLHttpRequest response. (CVE-2008-5506)

Chris Evans discovered that Firefox did not properly protect a user's data when accessing a same-domain JavaScript URL that is redirected to an unparsable JavaScript off-site resource. If a user were tricked into opening a malicious website, an attacker may be able to steal a limited amount of private data. (CVE-2008-5507)

Chip Salzenberg, Justin Schuh, Tom Cross, and Peter William discovered Firefox did not properly parse URLs when processing certain control characters. (CVE-2008-5508)

Kojima Hajime discovered that Firefox did not properly handle an escaped null character. An attacker may be able to exploit this flaw to bypass script sanitization. (CVE-2008-5510)

Several flaws were discovered in the JavaScript engine. If a user were tricked into opening a malicious website, an attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary JavaScript code within the context of another website or with chrome privileges. (CVE-2008-5511, CVE-2008-5512)

Flaws were discovered in the session-restore feature of Firefox. If a user were tricked into opening a malicious website, an attacker could exploit this to perform cross-site scripting attacks or execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges. (CVE-2008-5513).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Versions of Mozilla Thunderbird prior to 2.0.0.19 are affected by the following vulnerabilities :

 - There are several stability bugs in the browser engine that may lead to crashes with evidence of memory corruption. (MFSA 2008-60)
 - XBL bindings can be used to read data from other domains. (MFSA 2008-61)
 - Sensitive data may be disclosed in an XHR response when an XMLHttpRequest is made to a same-origin resource, which 302 redirects to a resource in a different domain. (MFSA 2008-64)
 - A website may be able to access a limited amount of data from a different domain by loading a same-domain JavaScript URL that redirects to an off-domain target resource containing data that is not parsable as JavaScript. (MFSA 2008-65)
 - Errors arise when parsing URLs with leading whitespace and control characters. (MFSA 2008-66)
 - An escaped null byte is ignored by the CSS parser and treated as if it was not present in the CSS input string. (MFSA 2008-67)
 - XSS and JavaScript privilege escalation are possible. (MFSA 2008-68)

The Mozilla Foundation reports :

MFSA 2008-69 XSS vulnerabilities in SessionStore

MFSA 2008-68 XSS and JavaScript privilege escalation

MFSA 2008-67 Escaped null characters ignored by CSS parser

MFSA 2008-66 Errors parsing URLs with leading whitespace and control characters

MFSA 2008-65 Cross-domain data theft via script redirect error message

MFSA 2008-64 XMLHttpRequest 302 response disclosure

MFSA 2008-62 Additional XSS attack vectors in feed preview

MFSA 2008-61 Information stealing via loadBindingDocument

MFSA 2008-60 Crashes with evidence of memory corruption (rv:1.9.0.5/1.8.1.19)

Update to the new upstream Firefox 3.0.5 / XULRunner 1.9.0.5 fixing multiple security issues: http://www.mozilla.org/security/known- vulnerabilities/firefox30.html#firefox3.0.5 This update also contains new builds of all applications depending on Gecko libraries, built against thenew version. Note: after the updated packages are installed, Firefox must be restarted for the update to take effect.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The installed version of SeaMonkey is earlier than 1.1.14.  Such versions are potentially affected by the following security issues : 

  - There are several stability bugs in the browser engine that may lead to crashes with evidence of memory corruption. (MFSA 2008-60)

  - XBL bindings can be used to read data from other domains. (MFSA 2008-61)

  - The feed preview still allows for JavaScript privilege escalation. (MFSA 2008-62)

  - Sensitive data may be disclosed in an XHR response when an XMLHttpRequest is made to a same-origin resource, which 302 redirects to a resource in a different domain. (MFSA 2008-64)

  - A website may be able to access a limited amount of data from a different domain by loading a same-domain JavaScript URL which redirects to an off-domain target resource containing data that is not parsable as JavaScript. (MFSA 2008-65)

  - Errors arise when parsing URLs with leading whitespace and control characters. (MFSA 2008-66)

  - An escaped null byte is ignored by the CSS parser and treated as if it was not present in the CSS input string. (MFSA 2008-67)

  - XSS and JavaScript privilege escalation are possible. (MFSA 2008-68)

  - XSS vulnerabilities in SessionStore may allow for violating the browser's same-origin policy and performing an XSS attack or running arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges. (MFSA 2008-69)

Versions of Firefox 3.x prior to 3.0.5 are affected by the following security issues : 

 - There are several stability bugs in the browser engine that may lead to crashes with evidence of memory corruption. (MFSA 2008-60)
 - XBL bindings can be used to read data from other domains. (MFSA 2008-61)
 - The feed preview still allows for JavaScript privilege escalation. (MFSA 2008-62)
 - Sensitive data may be disclosed in an XHR response when an XMLHttpRequest is made to a same-origin resource, which 302 redirects to a resource in a different domain. (MFSA 2008-64)
 - A website may be able to access a limited amount of data from a different domain by loading a same-domain JavaScript URL which redirects to an off-domain target resource containing data that is not parsable as JavaScript. (MFSA 2008-65)
 - Errors arise when parsing URLs with leading whitespace and control characters. (MFSA 2008-66)
 - An escaped null byte is ignored by the CSS parser and treated as if it was not present in the CSS input string. (MFSA 2008-67)
 - XSS and JavaScript privilege escalation are possible. (MFSA 2008-68)
 - XSS vulnerabilities in SessionStore may allow for violating the browser's same-origin policy and performing an XSS attack or running arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges. (MFSA 2008-69)
 - A denial of service issue when the application handles a maliciously crafted webpage containing a 'HTMLSelectElement' object with a large length attribute.

The installed version of Firefox is earlier than 2.0.0.19.  Such versions are potentially affected by the following security issues : 

 - There are several stability bugs in the browser engine that may lead to crashes with evidence of memory corruption. (MFSA 2008-60)
 - XBL bindings can be used to read data from other domains. (MFSA 2008-61)
 - The feed preview still allows for JavaScript privilege escalation. (MFSA 2008-62)
 - Sensitive data may be disclosed in an XHR response when an XMLHttpRequest is made to a same-origin resource, which 302 redirects to a resource in a different domain. (MFSA 2008-64)
 - A website may be able to access a limited amount of data from a different domain by loading a same-domain JavaScript URL which redirects to an off-domain target resource containing data that is not parsable as JavaScript. (MFSA 2008-65)
 - Errors arise when parsing URLs with leading whitespace and control characters. (MFSA 2008-66)
 - An escaped null byte is ignored by the CSS parser and treated as if it was not present in the CSS input string. (MFSA 2008-67)
 - XSS and JavaScript privilege escalation are possible. (MFSA 2008-68)
 - XSS vulnerabilities in SessionStore may allow for violating the browser's same-origin policy and performing an XSS attack or running arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges. (MFSA 2008-69) Note that Mozilla is not planning further security / stability updates for Firefox 2.x.
  - A denial of service issue when the application handles a maliciously crafted webpage containing a 'HTMLSelectElement' object with a large length attribute.

The installed version of Firefox 3.0 is earlier than 3.0.5.  Such versions are potentially affected by the following security issues :

  - There are several stability bugs in the browser engine     that may lead to crashes with evidence of memory     corruption. (MFSA 2008-60)

  - The 'persist' attribute in XUL elements can be used to     store cookie-like information on a user's computer.
    (MFSA 2008-63)

  - Sensitive data may be disclosed in an XHR response when     an XMLHttpRequest is made to a same-origin resource,     which 302 redirects to a resource in a different     domain. (MFSA 2008-64)

  - A website may be able to access a limited amount of     data from a different domain by loading a same-domain     JavaScript URL that redirects to an off-domain target     resource containing data which is not parsable as     JavaScript. (MFSA 2008-65)

  - Errors arise when parsing URLs with leading whitespace     and control characters. (MFSA 2008-66)

  - An escaped null byte is ignored by the CSS parser and     treated as if it was not present in the CSS input     string. (MFSA 2008-67)

  - XSS and JavaScript privilege escalation are possible.
    (MFSA 2008-68)

  - XSS vulnerabilities in SessionStore may allow for     violating the browser's same-origin policy and     performing an XSS attack or running arbitrary     JavaScript with chrome privileges. (MFSA 2008-69)

  - Creating a Select object with a very large length can     result in memory exhaustion, causing a denial of     service. (CVE-2009-2535)

The installed version of Thunderbird is earlier than 2.0.0.19.  Such versions are potentially affected by the following security issues : 

  - There are several stability bugs in the browser engine that may lead to crashes with evidence of memory corruption. (MFSA 2008-60)

  - XBL bindings can be used to read data from other domains. (MFSA 2008-61)

  - Sensitive data may be disclosed in an XHR response when an XMLHttpRequest is made to a same-origin resource, which 302 redirects to a resource in a different domain. (MFSA 2008-64)

  - A website may be able to access a limited amount of data from a different domain by loading a same-domain JavaScript URL that redirects to an off-domain target resource containing data that is not parsable as JavaScript. (MFSA 2008-65)

  - Errors arise when parsing URLs with leading whitespace and control characters. (MFSA 2008-66)

  - An escaped null byte is ignored by the CSS parser and treated as if it was not present in the CSS input string. (MFSA 2008-67)

  - XSS and JavaScript privilege escalation are possible. (MFSA 2008-68)

The installed version of Firefox 3.0 is earlier than 3.0.5.  Such versions are potentially affected by the following security issues : 

  - There are several stability bugs in the browser engine that may lead to crashes with evidence of memory corruption. (MFSA 2008-60)

  - XBL bindings can be used to read data from other domains. (MFSA 2008-61)

  - The feed preview still allows for JavaScript privilege escalation. (MFSA 2008-62)

  - Sensitive data may be disclosed in an XHR response when an XMLHttpRequest is made to a same-origin resource, which 302 redirects to a resource in a different domain. (MFSA 2008-64)

  - A website may be able to access a limited amount of data from a different domain by loading a same-domain JavaScript URL which redirects to an off-domain target resource containing data that is not parsable as JavaScript. (MFSA 2008-65)

  - Errors arise when parsing URLs with leading whitespace and control characters. (MFSA 2008-66)

  - An escaped null byte is ignored by the CSS parser and treated as if it was not present in the CSS input string. (MFSA 2008-67)

  - XSS and JavaScript privilege escalation are possible. (MFSA 2008-68)

  - XSS vulnerabilities in SessionStore may allow for violating the browser's same-origin policy and performing an XSS attack or running arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges. (MFSA 2008-69)

  - A denial of service issue when the application handles a maliciously crafted webpage containing a 'HTMLSelectElement' object with a large length attribute.

The installed version of Firefox is earlier than 2.0.0.19.  Such versions are potentially affected by the following security issues : 

  - There are several stability bugs in the browser engine that may lead to crashes with evidence of memory corruption. (MFSA 2008-60)

  - XBL bindings can be used to read data from other domains. (MFSA 2008-61)

  - The feed preview still allows for JavaScript privilege escalation. (MFSA 2008-62)

  - Sensitive data may be disclosed in an XHR response when an XMLHttpRequest is made to a same-origin resource, which 302 redirects to a resource in a different domain. (MFSA 2008-64)

  - A website may be able to access a limited amount of data from a different domain by loading a same-domain JavaScript URL which redirects to an off-domain target resource containing data that is not parsable as JavaScript. (MFSA 2008-65)

  - Errors arise when parsing URLs with leading whitespace and control characters. (MFSA 2008-66)

  - An escaped null byte is ignored by the CSS parser and treated as if it was not present in the CSS input string. (MFSA 2008-67)

  - XSS and JavaScript privilege escalation are possible. (MFSA 2008-68)

  - XSS vulnerabilities in SessionStore may allow for violating the browser's same-origin policy and performing an XSS attack or running arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges. (MFSA 2008-69)

Note that Mozilla is not planning further security / stability updates for Firefox 2.x.

  - A denial of service issue when the application handles a maliciously crafted webpage containing a 'HTMLSelectElement' object with a large length attribute.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
67777	Oracle Linux 4 / 5 : firefox (ELSA-2008-1036)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	critical
65111	Ubuntu 6.06 LTS : firefox vulnerabilities (USN-690-3)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
63402	GLSA-201301-01 : Mozilla Products: Multiple vulnerabilities (BEAST)	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	critical
60506	Scientific Linux Security Update : firefox on SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	critical
43721	CentOS 4 / 5 : firefox (CESA-2008:1036)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	critical
40168	openSUSE Security Update : MozillaFirefox (MozillaFirefox-381)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
39885	openSUSE Security Update : MozillaFirefox (MozillaFirefox-381)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
37149	Fedora 10 : Miro-1.2.7-3.fc10 / blam-1.8.5-5.fc10 / devhelp-0.22-2.fc10 / epiphany-2.24.1-3.fc10 / etc (2008-11511)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical
36473	Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : firefox (MDVSA-2008:245)	Nessus	Mandriva Local Security Checks	critical
36262	Ubuntu 8.04 LTS / 8.10 : firefox-3.0, xulrunner-1.9 vulnerabilities (USN-690-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
36225	Ubuntu 7.10 : firefox vulnerabilities (USN-690-2)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
4806	Mozilla Thunderbird < 2.0.0.19 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus Network Monitor	SMTP Clients	medium
35241	FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (29f5bfc5-ce04-11dd-a721-0030843d3802)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	critical
35238	Fedora 9 : Miro-1.2.7-3.fc9 / blam-1.8.5-4.fc9.1 / cairo-dock-1.6.3.1-1.fc9.2 / chmsee-1.0.1-7.fc9 / etc (2008-11598)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical
4794	SeaMonkey < 1.1.14 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus Network Monitor	Web Clients	medium
4793	Mozilla Firefox 3.x < 3.0.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus Network Monitor	Web Clients	medium
4792	Mozilla Firefox < 2.0.0.19 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus Network Monitor	Web Clients	medium
35219	Firefox 3.0.x < 3.0.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	high
35191	RHEL 4 / 5 : firefox (RHSA-2008:1036)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
801218	Mozilla Thunderbird < 2.0.0.19 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Log Correlation Engine	SMTP Clients	high
800883	SeaMonkey < 1.1.14 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Log Correlation Engine	Web Clients	high
800776	Firefox < 3.0.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Log Correlation Engine	Web Clients	high
800754	Firefox < 2.0.0.19 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Log Correlation Engine	Web Clients	high

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2008-5505

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Tenable Plugins

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