CVE-2008-5510
First published: Wed Dec 17 2008(Updated: )
The CSS parser in Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.5 and 2.x before 2.0.0.19, Thunderbird 2.x before 2.0.0.19, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.14 ignores the '\0' escaped null character, which might allow remote attackers to bypass protection mechanisms such as sanitization routines.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla Firefox | >=2.0<2.0.0.19 | |
| Mozilla Firefox | >=3.0<3.0.5 | |
| Mozilla SeaMonkey | >=1.0<1.1.14 | |
| Mozilla Thunderbird | >=2.0<2.0.0.19 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =7.10 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =8.04 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =8.10 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =4.0 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =5.0 |
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Reference Links
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33184
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33188
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33203
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33204
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33205
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33216
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33231
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33408
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33523
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34501
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35080
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-258748-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1707
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:244
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:245
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:012
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-67.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1036.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32882
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021425
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-690-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-701-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=228856
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47415
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9662
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/690-1/
- agent/severity
- agent/references
- agent/author
- agent/type
- agent/event
- agent/weakness
- agent/description
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/tags
- collector/nvd-historical
- agent/software-canonical-lookup-request
- collector/nvd-index
- vendor/mozilla
- canonical/mozilla firefox
- version/mozilla firefox/2.0
- version/mozilla firefox/3.0
- canonical/mozilla seamonkey
- version/mozilla seamonkey/1.0
- canonical/mozilla thunderbird
- version/mozilla thunderbird/2.0
- vendor/canonical
- canonical/canonical ubuntu linux
- 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