Executive Summary

Summary
Title Mozilla browsers fail to properly handle images
Informations
Name VU#879056 First vendor Publication 2008-02-11
Vendor VU-CERT Last vendor Modification 2008-02-11
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision M

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

Vulnerability Note VU#879056

Mozilla browsers fail to properly handle images

Overview

A vulnerability exists in Mozilla products that may allow a remote attacker to view browser history or cause a denial of service.

I. Description

Mozilla products contain a vulnerability in the browser engine that may result in information disclosure or a denial of service when handling malicious image files when a user leaves a page with designMode frames. According to the Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2008-06:

    The reported issue can be used to steal a user's navigation history, forward navigation information, and crash the user's browser. The crash showed evidence of memory corruption and might be exploitable to run arbitrary code.


Note that JavaScript must be enabled in order for this vulnerability to exist. JavaScript is enabled by default in the Firefox and Mozilla web browsers. Exploitation can occur by accessing a specially crafted web page with Firefox.

II. Impact

A remote, unauthorized attacker may be able to view browser history information or cause a denial of service.

III. Solution

Apply an update

According to the Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2008-06 this vulnerability is addressed in Firefox 2.0.0.12 and SeaMonkey 1.1.8

Disable JavaScript

For instructions on how to disable JavaScript in Firefox, please refer to the Firefox section of the Securing Your Web Browser document.

Use NoScript

Using the Mozilla Firefox NoScript extension to whitelist web sites that can run scripts and access installed plugins will mitigate this vulnerability.

Systems Affected

VendorStatusDate Updated
MozillaVulnerable11-Feb-2008

References


http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-06.html
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=400556

Credit

This vulnerability is addressed in Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2008-06. Mozilla credits David Bloom for reporting this issue.

This document was written by Chris Taschner.

Other Information

Date Public02/07/2008
Date First Published02/11/2008 08:11:32 AM
Date Last Updated02/11/2008
CERT Advisory 
CVE NameCVE-2008-0419
US-CERT Technical Alerts 
Metric5.94
Document Revision21

Original Source

Url : http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/879056

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11652
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11652
Title: Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.12 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.8 allows remote attackers to steal navigation history and cause a denial of service (crash) via images in a page that uses designMode frames, which triggers memory corruption related to resize handles.
Description: Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.12 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.8 allows remote attackers to steal navigation history and cause a denial of service (crash) via images in a page that uses designMode frames, which triggers memory corruption related to resize handles.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2008-0419
 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:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 103
Application 29

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-10-10 Name : SLES9: Security update for Mozilla
File : nvt/sles9p5021982.nasl
2009-04-09 Name : Mandriva Update for mozilla-firefox MDVSA-2008:048 (mozilla-firefox)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2008_048.nasl
2009-03-23 Name : Ubuntu Update for firefox vulnerabilities USN-576-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_576_1.nasl
2009-03-06 Name : RedHat Update for thunderbird RHSA-2008:0105-02
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2008_0105-02_thunderbird.nasl
2009-03-06 Name : RedHat Update for thunderbird RHSA-2008:0105-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2008_0105-01_thunderbird.nasl
2009-03-06 Name : RedHat Update for seamonkey RHSA-2008:0104-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2008_0104-01_seamonkey.nasl
2009-03-06 Name : RedHat Update for firefox RHSA-2008:0103-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2008_0103-01_firefox.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for thunderbird CESA-2008:0105 centos5 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0105_thunderbird_centos5_i386.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for thunderbird CESA-2008:0105 centos5 x86_64
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0105_thunderbird_centos5_x86_64.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for thunderbird CESA-2008:0105 centos4 x86_64
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0105_thunderbird_centos4_x86_64.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for thunderbird CESA-2008:0105 centos4 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0105_thunderbird_centos4_i386.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for seamonkey CESA-2008:0104 centos4 x86_64
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0104_seamonkey_centos4_x86_64.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for seamonkey CESA-2008:0104 centos4 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0104_seamonkey_centos4_i386.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for seamonkey CESA-2008:0104 centos3 x86_64
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0104_seamonkey_centos3_x86_64.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for seamonkey CESA-2008:0104-01 centos2 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0104-01_seamonkey_centos2_i386.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for firefox CESA-2008:0103 centos3 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0103_firefox_centos3_i386.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for firefox CESA-2008:0103 centos3 x86_64
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0103_firefox_centos3_x86_64.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for seamonkey CESA-2008:0104 centos3 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0104_seamonkey_centos3_i386.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for firefox CESA-2008:0103 centos4 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0103_firefox_centos4_i386.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for firefox CESA-2008:0103 centos4 x86_64
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0103_firefox_centos4_x86_64.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for firefox CESA-2008:0103 centos5 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0103_firefox_centos5_i386.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for firefox CESA-2008:0103 centos5 x86_64
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0103_firefox_centos5_x86_64.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for blam FEDORA-2008-1535
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1535_blam_fc8.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for chmsee FEDORA-2008-1535
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1535_chmsee_fc8.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for devhelp FEDORA-2008-1535
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1535_devhelp_fc8.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for epiphany-extensions FEDORA-2008-1535
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1535_epiphany-extensions_fc8.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for epiphany FEDORA-2008-1535
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1535_epiphany_fc8.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for firefox FEDORA-2008-1535
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1535_firefox_fc8.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for galeon FEDORA-2008-1535
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1535_galeon_fc8.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for gnome-python2-extras FEDORA-2008-1535
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1535_gnome-python2-extras_fc8.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for gnome-web-photo FEDORA-2008-1535
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1535_gnome-web-photo_fc8.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for gtkmozembedmm FEDORA-2008-1535
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1535_gtkmozembedmm_fc8.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for kazehakase FEDORA-2008-1535
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1535_kazehakase_fc8.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for liferea FEDORA-2008-1535
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1535_liferea_fc8.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for openvrml FEDORA-2008-1535
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1535_openvrml_fc8.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for ruby-gnome2 FEDORA-2008-1535
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1535_ruby-gnome2_fc8.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for yelp FEDORA-2008-1535
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1535_yelp_fc8.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for thunderbird FEDORA-2008-2118
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_2118_thunderbird_fc7.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for thunderbird FEDORA-2008-2060
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_2060_thunderbird_fc8.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for seamonkey FEDORA-2008-1669
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1669_seamonkey_fc7.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for galeon FEDORA-2008-1435
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1435_galeon_fc7.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for seamonkey FEDORA-2008-1459
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1459_seamonkey_fc8.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for Miro FEDORA-2008-1435
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1435_Miro_fc7.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for chmsee FEDORA-2008-1435
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1435_chmsee_fc7.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for devhelp FEDORA-2008-1435
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1435_devhelp_fc7.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for epiphany-extensions FEDORA-2008-1435
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1435_epiphany-extensions_fc7.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for epiphany FEDORA-2008-1435
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1435_epiphany_fc7.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for firefox FEDORA-2008-1435
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1435_firefox_fc7.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for gnome-python2-extras FEDORA-2008-1435
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1435_gnome-python2-extras_fc7.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for gtkmozembedmm FEDORA-2008-1435
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1435_gtkmozembedmm_fc7.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for kazehakase FEDORA-2008-1435
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1435_kazehakase_fc7.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for liferea FEDORA-2008-1435
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1435_liferea_fc7.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for openvrml FEDORA-2008-1435
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1435_openvrml_fc7.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for ruby-gnome2 FEDORA-2008-1435
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1435_ruby-gnome2_fc7.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for yelp FEDORA-2008-1435
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1435_yelp_fc7.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for Miro FEDORA-2008-1535
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1535_Miro_fc8.nasl
2009-01-23 Name : SuSE Update for MozillaFirefox,seamonkey SUSE-SA:2008:008
File : nvt/gb_suse_2008_008.nasl
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200805-18 (mozilla ...)
File : nvt/glsa_200805_18.nasl
2008-09-04 Name : FreeBSD Ports: firefox
File : nvt/freebsd_firefox31.nasl
2008-03-27 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1506-2 (iceape)
File : nvt/deb_1506_2.nasl
2008-03-19 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1485-2 (icedove)
File : nvt/deb_1485_2.nasl
2008-02-28 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1506-1 (iceape)
File : nvt/deb_1506_1.nasl
2008-02-15 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1484-1 (xulrunner)
File : nvt/deb_1484_1.nasl
2008-02-15 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1489-1 (iceweasel)
File : nvt/deb_1489_1.nasl
2008-02-15 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1485-1 (icedove)
File : nvt/deb_1485_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
41218 Mozilla Multiple Browsers designMode Frame Forward Navigation Information Dis...

Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.12 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.8 allows remote attackers to steal navigation history and cause a denial of service (crash) via images in a page that uses designMode frames, which triggers memory corruption related to resize handles.

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2008-0105.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2008-0104.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2008-0103.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing a security update.
File : sl_20080207_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_20080207_seamonkey_on_SL3_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20080207_firefox_on_SL4_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2008-048.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-05-22 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200805-18.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-03-28 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_mozilla-xulrunner-5118.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-03-28 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_mozilla-xulrunner-5123.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-03-19 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_epiphany-5102.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-03-19 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_MozillaThunderbird-5095.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-03-17 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_MozillaThunderbird-5098.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-29 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2008-2060.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-29 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2008-2118.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-25 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.
File : freebsd_pkg_810a5197e0d911dc891a02061b08fc24.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-25 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1506.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-22 Name : The remote Windows host contains a web browser that is affected by multiple v...
File : netscape_browser_9006.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-18 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_seamonkey-5012.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-18 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_seamonkey-5011.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-14 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.
File : fedora_2008-1535.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-14 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_MozillaFirefox-5001.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-14 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_MozillaFirefox-5002.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-14 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.
File : fedora_2008-1435.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-14 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2008-1669.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-14 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2008-1459.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-11 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-576-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-11 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2008-0103.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-11 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.
File : redhat-RHSA-2008-0105.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-11 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2008-0104.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-11 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2008-0103.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-11 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1489.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-11 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1485.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-11 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1484.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-11 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.
File : centos_RHSA-2008-0105.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-11 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2008-0104.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-08 Name : A web browser on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.
File : seamonkey_118.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-08 Name : The remote Windows host contains a web browser that is affected by multiple v...
File : mozilla_firefox_20012.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO