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CVE-2008-2798 Detail

Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.15, Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 and earlier, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.10 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors related to the layout engine.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  07/07/2008

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 10.0 HIGH
Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 10.0
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete
Additional Information:
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows unauthorized modification
Allows disruption of service

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00004.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0616.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-03.xml
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.383152
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.384911
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.410484
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0216
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1607
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1615
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1621
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:136
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:155
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#firefox2.0.0.15
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-21.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0547.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0549.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0569.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494080/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30038
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020419
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-619-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-629-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1993/references
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=378027
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=391178
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=430814
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2646
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10087
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00125.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00144.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00207.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00288.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00295.html

References to Check Content

Identifier:
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10087
Check System:
http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:
http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10087

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

  • Resource Management Errors (CWE-399)

Vulnerable software and versions Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1
OR
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*    versions up to (including) 2.0.0.14
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*    versions up to (including) 1.1.9
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:2.0.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:2.0.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:2.0.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:2.0.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:2.0.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:2.0.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:2.0.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:2.0.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:2.0.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:2.0.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:2.0.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:2.0.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*    versions up to (including) 2.0.0.14

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-2798
NVD Published Date:
07/07/2008
NVD Last Modified:
10/11/2018