CVE-2008-4068: Path Traversal
First published: Wed Sep 24 2008(Updated: )
Directory traversal vulnerability in 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 allows remote attackers to bypass "restrictions imposed on local HTML files," and obtain sensitive information and prompt users to write this information into a file, via directory traversal sequences in a resource: URI.
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
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/31985
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31987
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32007
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32010
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32011
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32012
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32025
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32042
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32044
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32082
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32089
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32092
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32095
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32096
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32144
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32185
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32196
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/33434
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- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1649
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1669
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:205
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:206
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- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0879.html
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- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-645-1
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- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45360
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- agent/references
- agent/type
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/first-publish-date
- collector/nvd-historical
- agent/software-canonical-lookup-request
- collector/nvd-index
- 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