Mozilla Firefox Bug in JavaScript Garbage Collector Lets Remote Users Deny Service
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1019873
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id?1019873
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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-1380
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Apr 16 2008
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Impact: Denial of service via network, Execution of arbitrary code via network, User access via network
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Fix Available: Yes
Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Advisory: Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory
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Version(s): 2.0.0.13
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Description: A vulnerability was reported in Mozilla Firefox. A remote user can cause denial of service conditions.
A remote user can create specially crafted HTML that, when loaded by the target user, will trigger a flaw in the JavaScript garbage
collector code and cause the target user's browser to crash.
The vendor indicates that similar crashes have been exploitable
in the past, so arbitrary code execution may be possible. However, the reported did not confirm code execution.
This vulnerability
was introduced by the fix for CVE-2008-1237 described in Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2008-15 [see Alert ID 1019695].
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Impact: A remote user can create HTML that, when loaded by the target user, will cause the target user's browser to crash.
A remote user may be able to cause arbitrary code to be executed on the target user's system.
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Solution: The vendor has issued a fixed version (2.0.0.14).
The advisory is available at:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-20.html
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Vendor URL: www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-20.html (Links to External Site)
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Cause: Access control error, State error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)
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Message History:
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:53:36 -0400
Subject: Mozilla Firefox
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http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-20.html
CVE-2008-1380
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