Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2009-1838 First vendor Publication 2009-06-12
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:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 9.3 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

The garbage-collection implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.11, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.22, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.17 sets an element's owner document to null in unspecified circumstances, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges via a crafted event handler, related to an incorrect context for this event handler.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1838

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-94 Failure to Control Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11080
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11080
Title: The garbage-collection implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.11, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.22, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.17 sets an element's owner document to null in unspecified circumstances, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges via a crafted event handler, related to an incorrect context for this event handler.
Description: The garbage-collection implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.11, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.22, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.17 sets an element's owner document to null in unspecified circumstances, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges via a crafted event handler, related to an incorrect context for this event handler.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2009-1838
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
CentOS Linux 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Oracle Linux 5
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Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 179
Application 38
Application 86

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2011-08-09 Name : CentOS Update for thunderbird CESA-2009:1126 centos5 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2009_1126_thunderbird_centos5_i386.nasl
2011-08-09 Name : CentOS Update for seamonkey CESA-2009:1096 centos3 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2009_1096_seamonkey_centos3_i386.nasl
2011-08-09 Name : CentOS Update for firefox CESA-2009:1095 centos5 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2009_1095_firefox_centos5_i386.nasl
2009-10-11 Name : SLES11: Security update for MozillaFirefox
File : nvt/sles11_MozillaFirefox3.nasl
2009-10-10 Name : SLES9: Security update for epiphany
File : nvt/sles9p5059920.nasl
2009-08-17 Name : Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:185 (firefox)
File : nvt/mdksa_2009_185.nasl
2009-07-29 Name : Ubuntu USN-802-1 (apache2)
File : nvt/ubuntu_802_1.nasl
2009-07-29 Name : Fedora Core 11 FEDORA-2009-7614 (seamonkey)
File : nvt/fcore_2009_7614.nasl
2009-07-29 Name : Fedora Core 10 FEDORA-2009-7567 (seamonkey)
File : nvt/fcore_2009_7567.nasl
2009-07-29 Name : Ubuntu USN-799-1 (dbus)
File : nvt/ubuntu_799_1.nasl
2009-07-29 Name : Ubuntu USN-801-1 (tiff)
File : nvt/ubuntu_801_1.nasl
2009-07-29 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1830-1 (icedove)
File : nvt/deb_1830_1.nasl
2009-06-30 Name : Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:141 (mozilla-thunderbird)
File : nvt/mdksa_2009_141.nasl
2009-06-30 Name : Ubuntu USN-792-1 (openssl)
File : nvt/ubuntu_792_1.nasl
2009-06-30 Name : Ubuntu USN-782-1 (thunderbird)
File : nvt/ubuntu_782_1.nasl
2009-06-30 Name : CentOS Security Advisory CESA-2009:1126 (thunderbird)
File : nvt/ovcesa2009_1126.nasl
2009-06-30 Name : RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:1126
File : nvt/RHSA_2009_1126.nasl
2009-06-30 Name : RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:1125
File : nvt/RHSA_2009_1125.nasl
2009-06-23 Name : Fedora Core 9 FEDORA-2009-6411 (firefox)
File : nvt/fcore_2009_6411.nasl
2009-06-23 Name : Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:134 (firefox)
File : nvt/mdksa_2009_134.nasl
2009-06-23 Name : CentOS Security Advisory CESA-2009:1095 (firefox)
File : nvt/ovcesa2009_1095.nasl
2009-06-23 Name : SuSE Security Advisory SUSE-SA:2009:034 (MozillaFirefox)
File : nvt/suse_sa_2009_034.nasl
2009-06-23 Name : Ubuntu USN-779-1 (xulrunner-1.9)
File : nvt/ubuntu_779_1.nasl
2009-06-23 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1820-1 (xulrunner)
File : nvt/deb_1820_1.nasl
2009-06-23 Name : Fedora Core 10 FEDORA-2009-6366 (firefox)
File : nvt/fcore_2009_6366.nasl
2009-06-16 Name : Mozilla Seamonkey Multiple Vulnerability Jun-09 (Linux)
File : nvt/gb_seamonkey_mult_vuln_jun09_lin.nasl
2009-06-16 Name : Mozilla Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerability Jun-09 (Win)
File : nvt/gb_thunderbird_mult_vuln_jun09_win.nasl
2009-06-16 Name : Mozilla Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerability Jun-09 (Linux)
File : nvt/gb_thunderbird_mult_vuln_jun09_lin.nasl
2009-06-16 Name : Mozilla Seamonkey Multiple Vulnerability Jun-09 (Win)
File : nvt/gb_seamonkey_mult_vuln_jun09_win.nasl
2009-06-16 Name : Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerability Jun-09 (Win)
File : nvt/gb_firefox_mult_vuln_jun09_win.nasl
2009-06-16 Name : Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerability Jun-09 (Linux)
File : nvt/gb_firefox_mult_vuln_jun09_lin.nasl
2009-06-15 Name : CentOS Security Advisory CESA-2009:1096 (seamonkey)
File : nvt/ovcesa2009_1096.nasl
2009-06-15 Name : RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:1095
File : nvt/RHSA_2009_1095.nasl
2009-06-15 Name : FreeBSD Ports: firefox
File : nvt/freebsd_firefox39.nasl
2009-06-15 Name : RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:1096
File : nvt/RHSA_2009_1096.nasl
0000-00-00 Name : Slackware Advisory SSA:2009-178-01 mozilla-thunderbird
File : nvt/esoft_slk_ssa_2009_178_01.nasl
0000-00-00 Name : Slackware Advisory SSA:2009-176-01 seamonkey
File : nvt/esoft_slk_ssa_2009_176_01.nasl
0000-00-00 Name : Slackware Advisory SSA:2009-167-01 mozilla-firefox
File : nvt/esoft_slk_ssa_2009_167_01.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
55157 Mozilla Multiple Products Garbage-collection Implementation Crafted Event Han...

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2009-1125.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2009-1096.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2009-1095.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-01-24 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.
File : redhat-RHSA-2009-1126.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-01-08 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201301-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20090611_firefox_on_SL4_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20090611_seamonkey_on_SL3_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing a security update.
File : sl_20090625_thunderbird_on_SL4_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-02-24 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1830.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-01-06 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2009-1095.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-01-06 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.
File : centos_RHSA-2009-1126.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-10-30 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_seamonkey-6538.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-10-22 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_1_seamonkey-091007.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-10-22 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_0_seamonkey-091007.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-10-07 Name : The remote SuSE 9 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse9_12519.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-10-06 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_MozillaThunderbird-6347.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-09-24 Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_11_MozillaFirefox-090615.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-21 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_1_MozillaThunderbird-090710.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-21 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_0_MozillaFirefox-090615.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-21 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_0_MozillaThunderbird-090710.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-21 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_1_MozillaFirefox-090615.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-17 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2009-7614.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-17 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2009-7567.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-06-28 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2009-141.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-06-28 Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.
File : Slackware_SSA_2009-178-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-06-26 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-782-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-06-26 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.
File : redhat-RHSA-2009-1125.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-06-26 Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.
File : Slackware_SSA_2009-176-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-06-23 Name : A web browser on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.
File : seamonkey_1117.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-06-23 Name : The remote Windows host contains a mail client that is affected by multiple v...
File : mozilla_thunderbird_20022.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-06-19 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1820.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-06-18 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2009-134.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-06-17 Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.
File : Slackware_SSA_2009-167-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-06-16 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.
File : fedora_2009-6411.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-06-16 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.
File : fedora_2009-6366.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-06-15 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.
File : freebsd_pkg_da185955573811deb857000f20797ede.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-06-15 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2009-1096.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-06-15 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-779-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-06-12 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2009-1096.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-06-12 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2009-1095.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-06-12 Name : The remote Windows host contains a web browser that is affected by multiple v...
File : mozilla_firefox_3011.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

http://osvdb.org/55157
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1096.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/35331
http://secunia.com/advisories/35415
http://secunia.com/advisories/35428
http://secunia.com/advisories/35431
http://secunia.com/advisories/35439
http://secunia.com/advisories/35440
http://secunia.com/advisories/35468
http://secunia.com/advisories/35536
http://secunia.com/advisories/35561
http://secunia.com/advisories/35602
http://secunia.com/advisories/35882
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&...
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&...
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-264308-1
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1820
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1830
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:141
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-29.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1125.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1126.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35326
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35383
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022397
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&...
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-782-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1572
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=489131
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=503580
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1095.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00444.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00504.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00574.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00657.html
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