CVE-2008-0017: Buffer Overflow
First published: Thu Nov 13 2008(Updated: )
The http-index-format MIME type parser (nsDirIndexParser) in Firefox 3.x before 3.0.4, Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.18, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.13 does not check for an allocation failure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an HTTP index response with a crafted 200 header, which triggers memory corruption and a buffer overflow.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla Firefox | >=2.0<2.0.0.18 | |
| Mozilla Firefox | >=3.0<3.0.4 | |
| Mozilla SeaMonkey | >=1.0<1.1.13 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =6.06 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =7.10 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =8.04 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =8.10 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =5.0 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =4.0 |
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Reference Links
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=443299
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-54.html
- http://www.iss.net/threats/311.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:228
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32281
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00385.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32721
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00004.html
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-319A.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32845
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1669
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32693
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0978.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32694
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32714
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32695
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0977.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1671
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33433
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34501
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021185
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3146
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32684
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:230
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32713
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-667-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32853
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00366.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32778
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11005
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- agent/weakness
- agent/author
- agent/severity
- agent/references
- agent/tags
- agent/description
- agent/event
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- vendor/mozilla
- canonical/mozilla firefox
- version/mozilla firefox/2.0
- version/mozilla firefox/3.0
- canonical/mozilla seamonkey
- version/mozilla seamonkey/1.0
- vendor/canonical
- canonical/canonical ubuntu linux
- version/canonical ubuntu linux/6.06
- version/canonical ubuntu linux/7.10
- version/canonical ubuntu linux/8.04
- version/canonical ubuntu linux/8.10
- vendor/debian
- canonical/debian debian linux
- version/debian debian linux/5.0
- version/debian debian linux/4.0