Executive Summary
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | CVE-2004-1316 | First vendor Publication | 2004-12-29 |
| Vendor | Cve | Last vendor Modification | 2018-05-03 |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 5 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 2.9 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 10 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| Heap-based buffer overflow in MSG_UnEscapeSearchUrl in nsNNTPProtocol.cpp for Mozilla 1.7.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an NNTP URL (news:) with a trailing '\' (backslash) character, which prevents a string from being NULL terminated. |
Original Source
| Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-1316 |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:100052 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:100052 | ||
| Title: | Mozilla Malicious news: Vulnerability | ||
| Description: | Heap-based buffer overflow in MSG_UnEscapeSearchUrl in nsNNTPProtocol.cpp for Mozilla 1.7.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an NNTP URL (news:) with a trailing '\' (backslash) character, which prevents a string from being NULL terminated. | ||
| Family: | windows | Class: | vulnerability |
| Reference(s): | CVE-2004-1316 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Microsoft Windows NT Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft Windows XP Microsoft Windows Server 2003 | Product(s): | mozilla Mozilla Thunderbird |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
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| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9808 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9808 | ||
| Title: | Heap-based buffer overflow in MSG_UnEscapeSearchUrl in nsNNTPProtocol.cpp for Mozilla 1.7.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an NNTP URL (news:) with a trailing '\' (backslash) character, which prevents a string from being NULL terminated. | ||
| Description: | Heap-based buffer overflow in MSG_UnEscapeSearchUrl in nsNNTPProtocol.cpp for Mozilla 1.7.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an NNTP URL (news:) with a trailing '\' (backslash) character, which prevents a string from being NULL terminated. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability |
| Reference(s): | CVE-2004-1316 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 CentOS Linux 3 | Product(s): | |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
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CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2009-05-05 | Name : HP-UX Update for Mozilla remote HPSBUX01133 File : nvt/gb_hp_ux_HPSBUX01133.nasl |
| 2008-09-04 | Name : mozilla -- heap overflow in NNTP handler File : nvt/freebsd_de-netscape7.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 12637 | Mozilla nsNNTPProtocol.cpp NNTP news:// URI Handling Overflow DoS Mozilla contains a flaw that may allow a malicious user to crash the application. The issue is triggered when a user sends a specially crafted, overly long "news://" URI. causing a buffer overflow within the 'MSG_UnEscapeSearchUrl()' function within "nsNNTPProtocol.cpp" occurs. It is possible that the flaw may allow an attacker to crash mozilla resulting in a loss of availability. |
Snort® IPS/IDS
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2014-01-10 | Mozilla NNTP URL Handling Buffer Overflow attempt RuleID : 17482 - Revision : 13 - Type : BROWSER-FIREFOX |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2005-07-13 | Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates. File : freebsd_pkg_3fbf9db2658b11d9abad000a95bc6fae.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-03-25 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2005-335.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-01-13 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2005-038.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-01-02 | Name : A web browser on the remote host is prone to a heap overflow attack. File : mozilla_nntp_heap_overflow.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Sources (Detail)
Alert History
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| 2021-05-04 12:02:29 |
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| 2021-04-22 01:02:40 |
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| 2020-05-23 00:15:59 |
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| 2018-05-03 09:19:26 |
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| 2017-07-11 12:01:35 |
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| 2016-10-18 12:01:25 |
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| 2016-04-26 12:57:58 |
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| 2014-02-17 10:28:40 |
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| 2014-01-19 21:22:22 |
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| 2013-05-11 11:44:44 |
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