CVE-2008-4065: XSS
First published: Wed Sep 24 2008(Updated: )
Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.17 and 3.x before 3.0.2, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.17, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.12 allow remote attackers to bypass cross-site scripting (XSS) protection mechanisms and conduct XSS attacks via byte order mark (BOM) characters that are removed from JavaScript code before execution, aka "Stripped BOM characters bug."
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla Firefox | <2.0.0.17 | |
| Mozilla Firefox | >=3.0<3.0.2 | |
| Mozilla SeaMonkey | <1.1.12 | |
| Mozilla Thunderbird | <2.0.0.17 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =4.0 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =6.06 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =7.04 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =7.10 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =8.04 |
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Reference Links
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=430740
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-43.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:205
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32042
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.405232
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32025
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32092
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-647-1
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0908.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01384.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32144
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00005.html
- http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=WZXONb-tqBw~
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01403.html
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.412123
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.379422
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32044
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32082
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32089
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32096
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:206
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32095
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01335.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1669
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32845
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31984
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31985
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32012
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32010
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31346
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0879.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-645-2
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0882.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32007
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020920
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-645-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32011
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31987
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33433
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33434
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34501
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2661
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32185
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32196
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1649
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45356
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11383
- agent/type
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/first-publish-date
- collector/nvd-historical
- agent/software-canonical-lookup-request
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/references
- agent/author
- agent/weakness
- agent/severity
- agent/tags
- agent/description
- agent/event
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- vendor/mozilla
- canonical/mozilla firefox
- version/mozilla firefox/3.0
- canonical/mozilla seamonkey
- canonical/mozilla thunderbird
- vendor/debian
- canonical/debian debian linux
- version/debian debian linux/4.0
- vendor/canonical
- canonical/canonical ubuntu linux
- version/canonical ubuntu linux/6.06
- version/canonical ubuntu linux/7.04
- version/canonical ubuntu linux/7.10
- version/canonical ubuntu linux/8.04