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CVE-2008-5508 Detail

Description

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 does not properly parse URLs with leading whitespace or control characters, which might allow remote attackers to misrepresent URLs and simplify phishing attacks.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  12/17/2008

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.3 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Partial
Availability (A): None
Additional Information:
Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Allows unauthorized modification

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink Resource
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-1696
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1704
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/mfsa2008-66.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1036.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1037.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0002.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32882
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021426
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-690-2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-701-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-701-2
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=425046
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=460803
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47414
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11040
https://usn.ubuntu.com/690-1/

References to Check Content

Identifier:
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11040
Check System:
http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:
http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11040

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

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:2.0.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*    versions up to (including) 2.0.0.18
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*    versions up to (including) 3.0.4
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:1.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*    versions up to (including) 1.1.13
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:2.0.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:2.0.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:2.0.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:2.0.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:2.0.0.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:2.0.0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*    versions up to (including) 2.0.0.18

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-5508
NVD Published Date:
12/17/2008
NVD Last Modified:
10/03/2018