Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2005-2871 First vendor Publication 2005-09-09
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2024-11-21

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:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 7.5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Buffer overflow in the International Domain Name (IDN) support in Mozilla Firefox 1.0.6 and earlier, and Netscape 8.0.3.3 and 7.2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a hostname with all "soft" hyphens (character 0xAD), which is not properly handled by the NormalizeIDN call in nsStandardURL::BuildNormalizedSpec.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2871

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1287
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1287
Title: Mozilla IDN heap overrun using soft-hyphens
Description: Buffer overflow in the International Domain Name (IDN) support in Mozilla Firefox 1.0.6 and earlier, and Netscape 8.0.3.3 and 7.2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a hostname with all "soft" hyphens (character 0xAD), which is not properly handled by the NormalizeIDN call in nsStandardURL::BuildNormalizedSpec.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2005-2871
 Version: 1
Platform(s): HP-UX 11
 Product(s): mozilla
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:584
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:584
Title: Mozilla IDN heap overrun using soft-hyphens
Description: Buffer overflow in the International Domain Name (IDN) support in Mozilla Firefox 1.0.6 and earlier, and Netscape 8.0.3.3 and 7.2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a hostname with all "soft" hyphens (character 0xAD), which is not properly handled by the NormalizeIDN call in nsStandardURL::BuildNormalizedSpec.
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2005-2871
 Version: 3
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
 Product(s): mozilla
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9608
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9608
Title: Buffer overflow in the International Domain Name (IDN) support in Mozilla Firefox 1.0.6 and earlier, and Netscape 8.0.3.3 and 7.2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a hostname with all "soft" hyphens (character 0xAD), which is not properly handled by the NormalizeIDN call in nsStandardURL::BuildNormalizedSpec.
Description: Buffer overflow in the International Domain Name (IDN) support in Mozilla Firefox 1.0.6 and earlier, and Netscape 8.0.3.3 and 7.2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a hostname with all "soft" hyphens (character 0xAD), which is not properly handled by the NormalizeIDN call in nsStandardURL::BuildNormalizedSpec.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2005-2871
 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:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 8

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-05-05 Name : HP-UX Update for Mozilla remote HPSBUX01133
File : nvt/gb_hp_ux_HPSBUX01133.nasl
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200509-11 (mozilla)
File : nvt/glsa_200509_11.nasl
2008-09-04 Name : FreeBSD Ports: firefox
File : nvt/freebsd_firefox19.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 837-1 (mozilla-firefox)
File : nvt/deb_837_1.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 866-1 (mozilla)
File : nvt/deb_866_1.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 868-1 (mozilla-thunderbird)
File : nvt/deb_868_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
59850 Netscape International Domain Name (IDN) URL Domain Name Overflow
19255 Mozilla Multiple Browser International Domain Name (IDN) URL Domain Name Over...

Snort® IPS/IDS

Date Description
2014-01-10 Mozilla Firefox domain name handling buffer overflow attempt
RuleID : 17222 - Revision : 10 - Type : BROWSER-FIREFOX
2014-01-10 Mozilla Firefox domain name handling buffer overflow attempt
RuleID : 17221 - Revision : 9 - Type : BROWSER-FIREFOX
2014-01-10 Mozilla Firefox domain name handling buffer overflow attempt
RuleID : 17220 - Revision : 9 - Type : BROWSER-FIREFOX
2014-01-10 Mozilla Firefox domain name handling buffer overflow attempt
RuleID : 17219 - Revision : 12 - Type : BROWSER-FIREFOX

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2006-07-05 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.
File : centos_RHSA-2005-791.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-07-05 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.
File : centos_RHSA-2005-768.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-07-03 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2005-769.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-05-13 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.
File : freebsd_pkg_8665ebb9223711da978e0001020eed82.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-01-15 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-181-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-01-15 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2005-174.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-10-24 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-868.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-10-20 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-866.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-10-11 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.
File : redhat-RHSA-2005-791.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-10-05 Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2005-962.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-10-05 Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2005-963.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-10-05 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200509-11.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-10-05 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2005-170.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-10-05 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-837.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-09-17 Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2005-871.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-09-17 Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2005-872.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-09-17 Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2005-873.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-09-17 Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2005-874.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-09-17 Name : A web browser on the remote host is prone to multiple flaws, including arbitr...
File : mozilla_firefox_106.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-09-14 Name : The remote version of Mozilla Thunderbird suffers from several flaws.
File : mozilla_thunderbird_107.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-09-12 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.
File : redhat-RHSA-2005-768.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-09-12 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2005-769.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-09/0316.html
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=112624614008387&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/16764
http://secunia.com/advisories/16766
http://secunia.com/advisories/16767
http://secunia.com/advisories/17042
http://secunia.com/advisories/17090
http://secunia.com/advisories/17263
http://secunia.com/advisories/17284
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/83
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014877
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-303.shtml
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-837
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-866
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-868
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-11.xml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/573857
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:174
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-57.html
http://www.osvdb.org/19255
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-legacy-announce/2006-January/msg00004.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-768.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-769.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-791.html
http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/5RP0B0UGVW.html
http://www.security-protocols.com/advisory/sp-x17-advisory.txt
http://www.security-protocols.com/firefox-death.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14784
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-181-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1690
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1691
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1824
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=307259
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22207
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...
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