62428 : Mozilla Multiple Browsers Web Worker Array Handling Heap Corruption
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2010-02-17

Time to Patch
75 days

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2010-0160" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : The Web Worker functionality in Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x before 3.0.18 and 3.5.x before 3.5.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.3, does not properly handle array data types for posted messages, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access, Context Dependent
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Private
Disclosure: Vendor Verified, Coordinated Disclosure
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade to Firefox version 3.6 or 3.5.8 or higher, or SeaMonkey 2.0.3 or higher, as they have been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

CVE ID: 2010-0160 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 37242 38644 38649 38655 38656 38661 38663 38710 38714 38815 38847 51766
ISS X-Force ID: 56360
Related OSVDB ID: 62418 62425 62426 62427
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2010-0405
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035346.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035348.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035358.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035422.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035423.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00001.html
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201301-01.xml
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=531222 [ Auth Req'd ]
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=533000 [ Auth Req'd ]
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53405
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=534051
https://www.redhat.com/archives/rhsa-announce/2010-February/msg00011.html
Mail List Post: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035346.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035367.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035426.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Apr/30
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100075139
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-02.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-895-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-896-1
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1999
Other Advisory URL: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:042
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-046
RedHat RHSA: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0113.html
RHSA-2010:0112

Tools & Filters

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Credit

Orlando Barrera II - Zero Day Initiative (ZDI)

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 10.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2010-02-23 | Disagree?

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