Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2009-3979 First vendor Publication 2009-12-17
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

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.16 and 3.5.x before 3.5.6, SeaMonkey before 2.0.1, and Thunderbird allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3979

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10956
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10956
Title: Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.16 and 3.5.x before 3.5.6, SeaMonkey before 2.0.1, and Thunderbird allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.
Description: Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.16 and 3.5.x before 3.5.6, SeaMonkey before 2.0.1, and Thunderbird allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2009-3979
 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
 Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13666
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13666
Title: DSA-1956-1 xulrunner -- several
Description: Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in Xulrunner, a runtime environment for XUL applications, such as the Iceweasel web browser. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2009-3986: David James discovered that the window.opener property allows Chrome privilege escalation. CVE-2009-3985: Jordi Chanel discovered a spoofing vulnerability of the URL location bar using the document.location property. CVE-2009-3984: Jonathan Morgan discovered that the icon indicating a secure connection could be spoofed through the document.location property. CVE-2009-3983: Takehiro Takahashi discovered that the NTLM implementaion is vulnerable to reflection attacks. CVE-2009-3981: Jesse Ruderman discovered a crash in the layout engine, which might allow the execution of arbitrary code. CVE-2009-3979: Jesse Ruderman, Josh Soref, Martijn Wargers, Jose Angel and Olli Pettay discovered crashes in the layout engine, which might allow the execution of arbitrary code. For the stable distribution, these problems have been fixed in version 1.9.0.16-1. For the unstable distribution, these problems have been fixed in version 1.9.1.6-1. We recommend that you upgrade your xulrunner packages.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-1956-1
CVE-2009-3986
CVE-2009-3985
CVE-2009-3984
CVE-2009-3983
CVE-2009-3981
CVE-2009-3979
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 5.0
 Product(s): xulrunner
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7038
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7038
Title: DSA-1956 xulrunner -- several vulnerabilities
Description: Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in Xulrunner, a runtime environment for XUL applications, such as the Iceweasel web browser. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: David James discovered that the window.opener property allows Chrome privilege escalation. Jordi Chanel discovered a spoofing vulnerability of the URL location bar using the document.location property. Jonathan Morgan discovered that the icon indicating a secure connection could be spoofed through the document.location property. Takehiro Takahashi discovered that the NTLM implementation is vulnerable to reflection attacks. Jesse Ruderman discovered a crash in the layout engine, which might allow the execution of arbitrary code. Jesse Ruderman, Josh Soref, Martijn Wargers, Jose Angel and Olli Pettay discovered crashes in the layout engine, which might allow the execution of arbitrary code.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-1956
CVE-2009-3986
CVE-2009-3985
CVE-2009-3984
CVE-2009-3983
CVE-2009-3981
CVE-2009-3979
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 5.0
 Product(s): xulrunner
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8487
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8487
Title: Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey Multiple Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
Description: Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.16 and 3.5.x before 3.5.6, SeaMonkey before 2.0.1, and Thunderbird allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2009-3979
 Version: 15
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows 7
 Product(s): Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla Seamonkey
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 195
Application 55

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2011-08-09 Name : CentOS Update for seamonkey CESA-2009:1673 centos4 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2009_1673_seamonkey_centos4_i386.nasl
2011-08-09 Name : CentOS Update for firefox CESA-2009:1674 centos4 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2009_1674_firefox_centos4_i386.nasl
2011-08-09 Name : CentOS Update for firefox CESA-2009:1674 centos5 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2009_1674_firefox_centos5_i386.nasl
2011-08-09 Name : CentOS Update for thunderbird CESA-2010:0153 centos5 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2010_0153_thunderbird_centos5_i386.nasl
2010-03-22 Name : CentOS Update for thunderbird CESA-2010:0154 centos4 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2010_0154_thunderbird_centos4_i386.nasl
2010-03-22 Name : RedHat Update for thunderbird RHSA-2010:0154-02
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2010_0154-02_thunderbird.nasl
2010-01-15 Name : Ubuntu Update for firefox-3.0, xulrunner-1.9 regression USN-877-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_877_1.nasl
2010-01-15 Name : Ubuntu Update for firefox-3.5, xulrunner-1.9.1 regression USN-878-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_878_1.nasl
2009-12-30 Name : Ubuntu USN-874-1 (xulrunner-1.9.1)
File : nvt/ubuntu_874_1.nasl
2009-12-30 Name : RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:1673
File : nvt/RHSA_2009_1673.nasl
2009-12-30 Name : Ubuntu USN-873-1 (xulrunner-1.9)
File : nvt/ubuntu_873_1.nasl
2009-12-30 Name : SuSE Security Advisory SUSE-SA:2009:063 (MozillaFirefox)
File : nvt/suse_sa_2009_063.nasl
2009-12-30 Name : CentOS Security Advisory CESA-2009:1674 (firefox)
File : nvt/ovcesa2009_1674.nasl
2009-12-30 Name : CentOS Security Advisory CESA-2009:1673 (seamonkey)
File : nvt/ovcesa2009_1673.nasl
2009-12-30 Name : Mandriva Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:339 (firefox)
File : nvt/mdksa_2009_339.nasl
2009-12-30 Name : FreeBSD Ports: firefox
File : nvt/freebsd_firefox43.nasl
2009-12-30 Name : Fedora Core 12 FEDORA-2009-13366 (gnome-python2-extras)
File : nvt/fcore_2009_13366.nasl
2009-12-30 Name : Fedora Core 12 FEDORA-2009-13362 (seamonkey)
File : nvt/fcore_2009_13362.nasl
2009-12-30 Name : Fedora Core 11 FEDORA-2009-13333 (firefox)
File : nvt/fcore_2009_13333.nasl
2009-12-30 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1956-1 (xulrunner)
File : nvt/deb_1956_1.nasl
2009-12-30 Name : RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:1674
File : nvt/RHSA_2009_1674.nasl
2009-12-23 Name : Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities Dec-09 (Linux)
File : nvt/secpod_firefox_mult_vuln_dec09_lin01.nasl
2009-12-23 Name : Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities Dec-09 (Linux)
File : nvt/secpod_firefox_mult_vuln_dec09_lin02.nasl
2009-12-23 Name : Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities Dec-09 (Win)
File : nvt/secpod_firefox_mult_vuln_dec09_win01.nasl
2009-12-23 Name : Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities Dec-09 (Win)
File : nvt/secpod_firefox_mult_vuln_dec09_win02.nasl
2009-12-23 Name : Seamonkey Multiple Vulnerabilities Dec-09 (Linux)
File : nvt/secpod_seamonkey_mult_vuln_dec09_lin.nasl
2009-12-23 Name : Seamonkey Multiple Vulnerabilities Dec-09 (Win)
File : nvt/secpod_seamonkey_mult_vuln_dec09_win.nasl
2009-12-23 Name : Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities Dec-09 (Linux)
File : nvt/secpod_thunderbird_mult_vuln_dec09_lin.nasl
2009-12-23 Name : Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities Dec-09 (Win)
File : nvt/secpod_thunderbird_mult_vuln_dec09_win.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
61094 Mozilla Firefox Browser Engine Multiple Unspecified Memory Corruption

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2010-0154.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2009-1674.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2009-1673.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-01-24 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.
File : redhat-RHSA-2010-0153.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_20091215_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_20100317_thunderbird_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_20091216_firefox_on_SL4_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-10-11 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_mozilla-xulrunner190-6734.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-10-11 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_MozillaFirefox-6735.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-07-30 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2009-338.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-05-11 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.
File : redhat-RHSA-2010-0154.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-04-14 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2010-071.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-03-29 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.
File : centos_RHSA-2010-0153.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-03-19 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.
File : centos_RHSA-2010-0154.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-03-11 Name : The remote SuSE system is missing a security patch for MozillaThunderbird
File : suse_11_2_MozillaThunderbird-100305.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-02-24 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1956.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-01-22 Name : The remote Windows host contains a mail client that is affected by multiple v...
File : mozilla_thunderbird_301.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-01-08 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-878-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-01-08 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-877-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-01-03 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_2_seamonkey-091223.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-12-23 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_mozilla-xulrunner190-6736.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-12-23 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2009-339.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-12-23 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_MozillaFirefox-6733.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-12-23 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_0_MozillaFirefox-091217.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-12-23 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_1_MozillaFirefox-091221.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-12-22 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_2_MozillaFirefox-091217.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-12-22 Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_11_mozilla-xulrunner190-091217.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-12-22 Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_11_MozillaFirefox-091217.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-12-21 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2009-1673.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-12-21 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2009-1674.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-12-21 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-874-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-12-21 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-873-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-12-18 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.
File : fedora_2009-13366.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-12-18 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2009-13362.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-12-18 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.
File : fedora_2009-13333.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-12-17 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.
File : freebsd_pkg_01c57d20ea2611debd3900248c9b4be7.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-12-16 Name : The remote Windows host contains a web browser that is affected by multiple v...
File : mozilla_firefox_3016.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-12-16 Name : The remote Windows host contains a web browser that is affected by multiple v...
File : seamonkey_201.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-12-16 Name : The remote Windows host contains a web browser that is affected by multiple v...
File : mozilla_firefox_356.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-12-16 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2009-1673.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-12-16 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2009-1674.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

http://secunia.com/advisories/37699
http://secunia.com/advisories/37703
http://secunia.com/advisories/37704
http://secunia.com/advisories/37785
http://secunia.com/advisories/37813
http://secunia.com/advisories/37856
http://secunia.com/advisories/37881
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023333
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023334
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1956
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-65.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2009_63_firefox.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0153.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0154.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37349
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37361
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-873-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-874-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3547
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0650
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=293347
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=457514
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=479931
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=494617
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=506267
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=515811
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=516237
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=522374
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=546694
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54799
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1673.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1674.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg0099...
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg0103...
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg0104...
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