NVD

CVE-2008-5019 Detail

Modified

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Description

The session restore feature in Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.4 and 2.x before 2.0.0.18 allows remote attackers to violate the same origin policy to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks and execute arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges via unknown vectors.

Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

N/A

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

Base Score: N/A

NVD assessment not yet provided.

CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology

NIST: NVD

Base Score: 4.3 MEDIUM

Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink	Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00004.html	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00004.html	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32684	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32684	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32693	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32693	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32694	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32694	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32695	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32695	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32713	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32713	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32721	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32721	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32778	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32778	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501	Third Party Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1	Broken Link
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1	Broken Link
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-667-1	Third Party Advisory
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-667-1	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:228	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:228	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:230	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:230	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-53.html	Vendor Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-53.html	Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0977.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0977.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0978.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0978.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32281	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32281	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021184	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021184	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-319A.html	Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-319A.html	Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3146	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3146	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=459906%2C460983
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=459906%2C460983
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10943	Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10943	Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00366.html	Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00366.html	Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00385.html	Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00385.html	Third Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-79	Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')	NIST

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Change History

7 change records found show changes

CVE Modified by CVE 11/20/2024 7:53:05 PM

Action	Type	New Value
Added	Reference	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00004.html
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/32684
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/32693
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/32694
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/32695
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/32713
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/32721
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/32778
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/34501
Added	Reference	http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1
Added	Reference	http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-667-1
Added	Reference	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:228
Added	Reference	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:230
Added	Reference	http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-53.html
Added	Reference	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0977.html
Added	Reference	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0978.html
Added	Reference	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32281
Added	Reference	http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021184
Added	Reference	http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-319A.html
Added	Reference	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3146
Added	Reference	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977
Added	Reference	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=459906%2C460983
Added	Reference	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10943
Added	Reference	https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00366.html
Added	Reference	https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00385.html

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 2/02/2023 10:15:13 AM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Changed	Description	The session restore feature in Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.4 and 2.x before 2.0.0.18 allows remote attackers to violate the same origin policy to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks and execute arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges via unknown vectors.	CVE-2008-5019 Mozilla XSS via session restore
Added	Reference		https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0977 [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference		https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0978 [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference		https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-5019 [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference		https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=459906%2C460983 [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference		https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=470889 [No Types Assigned]
Removed	Reference	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=459906,460983 [Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory]

Modified Analysis by NIST 11/02/2018 9:48:40 AM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Changed	CPE Configuration	Record truncated, showing 500 of 1672 characters. View Entire Change Record OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0:beta1::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0:beta_1::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0:rc2::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0:rc3::::::* 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:mo	OR cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:::::::
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::* versions from (including) 2.0 up to (excluding) 2.0.0.18 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::* versions from (including) 3.0 up to (excluding) 3.0.4
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06::::lts:::* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10::::::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04::::lts:::* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10:::::::
Changed	Reference Type	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00004.html No Types Assigned	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00004.html Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/32684 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/32684 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/32693 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/32693 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/32694 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/32694 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/32695 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/32695 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/32713 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/32713 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/32721 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/32721 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/32778 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/32778 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/34501 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/34501 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1 No Types Assigned	http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-667-1 No Types Assigned	http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-667-1 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:228 No Types Assigned	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:228 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:230 No Types Assigned	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:230 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0977.html No Types Assigned	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0977.html Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0978.html No Types Assigned	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0978.html Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32281 No Types Assigned	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32281 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021184 No Types Assigned	http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021184 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-319A.html US Government Resource	http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-319A.html Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3146 No Types Assigned	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3146 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977 No Types Assigned	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=459906,460983 No Types Assigned	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=459906,460983 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10943 No Types Assigned	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10943 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00366.html No Types Assigned	https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00366.html Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00385.html No Types Assigned	https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00385.html Third Party Advisory

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-5019
NVD Published Date:
11/13/2008
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.

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CVE-2008-5019 Detail

Description

Metrics

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Weakness Enumeration

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

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Change History

CVE Modified by CVE 11/20/2024 7:53:05 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 5/13/2024 9:58:28 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 2/12/2023 9:19:33 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 2/02/2023 10:15:13 AM

Modified Analysis by NIST 11/02/2018 9:48:40 AM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 9/28/2017 9:32:25 PM

Initial CVE Analysis 11/13/2008 2:10:00 PM

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