Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2005-2265 First vendor Publication 2005-07-13
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2017-10-11

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

Firefox before 1.0.5, Mozilla before 1.7.9, and Netscape 8.0.2 and 7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (access violation and crash), and possibly execute arbitrary code, by calling InstallVersion.compareTo with an object instead of a string.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2265

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:100008
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:100008
Title: InstallVersion.compareTo() DoS and Code Execution Vulnerability
Description: Firefox before 1.0.5, Mozilla before 1.7.9, and Netscape 8.0.2 and 7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (access violation and crash), and possibly execute arbitrary code, by calling InstallVersion.compareTo with an object instead of a string.
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2005-2265
Version: 6
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Product(s): mozilla
Mozilla Firefox
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10397
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10397
Title: Firefox before 1.0.5, Mozilla before 1.7.9, and Netscape 8.0.2 and 7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (access violation and crash), and possibly execute arbitrary code, by calling InstallVersion.compareTo with an object instead of a string.
Description: Firefox before 1.0.5, Mozilla before 1.7.9, and Netscape 8.0.2 and 7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (access violation and crash), and possibly execute arbitrary code, by calling InstallVersion.compareTo with an object instead of a string.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2005-2265
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
CentOS Linux 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:417
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:417
Title: RHE4 InstallVersion.compareTo() DoS and Code Execution Vulnerability
Description: Firefox before 1.0.5, Mozilla before 1.7.9, and Netscape 8.0.2 and 7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (access violation and crash), and possibly execute arbitrary code, by calling InstallVersion.compareTo with an object instead of a string.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2005-2265
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Product(s): mozilla
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:781
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:781
Title: RHE3 InstallVersion.compareTo() DoS and Code Execution Vulnerability
Description: Firefox before 1.0.5, Mozilla before 1.7.9, and Netscape 8.0.2 and 7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (access violation and crash), and possibly execute arbitrary code, by calling InstallVersion.compareTo with an object instead of a string.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2005-2265
Version: 1
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
Product(s): mozilla
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 13
Application 25

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200507-24 (mozilla)
File : nvt/glsa_200507_24.nasl
2008-09-04 Name : FreeBSD Ports: firefox
File : nvt/freebsd_firefox18.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 779-1 (mozilla-firefox)
File : nvt/deb_779_1.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 779-2 (mozilla-firefox)
File : nvt/deb_779_2.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 781-1 (mozilla-thunderbird)
File : nvt/deb_781_1.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 810-1 (mozilla)
File : nvt/deb_810_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
17968 Mozilla Multiple Browsers InstallVersion.compareTo() Access Violation

A code execution flaw exists in multiple Mozilla-based web browsers. The InstallVersion.compare() method fails to validate input. With a specially crafted website, a context-dependent attacker can cause arbitrary code execution resulting in a loss of integrity.

Snort® IPS/IDS

Date Description
2014-01-10 Mozilla compareTo arbitrary code execution attempt
RuleID : 10131 - Revision : 10 - Type : BROWSER-FIREFOX

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2006-07-05 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.
File : centos_RHSA-2005-601.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-07-05 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.
File : centos_RHSA-2005-586.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-07-03 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2005-587.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-01-15 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-157-2.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-01-15 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-157-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-01-15 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-155-2.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-01-15 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-155-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-01-15 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-149-3.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-01-15 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-149-2.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-01-15 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-149-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-10-05 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2005-128.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-09-13 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-810.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-08-23 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-779.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-08-23 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-781.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-08-01 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.
File : freebsd_pkg_5d72701af60111d9bcd102061b08fc24.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-07-22 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2005-587.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-07-22 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.
File : redhat-RHSA-2005-601.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-07-22 Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2005-616.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-07-22 Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2005-619.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-07-21 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.
File : redhat-RHSA-2005-586.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-07-21 Name : The remote Windows host contains a mail client that is affected by multiple v...
File : mozilla_thunderbird_106.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-07-21 Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2005-606.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-07-21 Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2005-605.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-07-21 Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2005-604.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-07-21 Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2005-603.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-07-13 Name : The remote Windows host contains a web browser that is affected by multiple v...
File : mozilla_firefox_105.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-07-13 Name : A web browser installed on the remote host contains multiple vulnerabilities.
File : mozilla_179.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14242
CIAC http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-252.shtml
CONFIRM http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-50.html
DEBIAN http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-810
FEDORA https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=160202
MISC http://www.networksecurity.fi/advisories/netscape-multiple-issues.html
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=295854
OVAL https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-586.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-587.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-601.html
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/16043
http://secunia.com/advisories/16044
http://secunia.com/advisories/16059
http://secunia.com/advisories/19823
SUSE http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_45_mozilla.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html
VUPEN http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1075

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