PT-2010-1993 · Mozilla+1 · Firefox+3

Moz_Bug_R_A4 · Published 2010-03-30 · Updated 2018-10-30 · CVE-2010-0179

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 3.0.19 Mozilla Firefox versions 3.5.x prior to 3.5.8 SeaMonkey versions prior to 2.0.3

Description The issue arises from improper handling of interaction between the XMLHttpRequestSpy object and chrome privileged objects when the XMLHttpRequestSpy module in the Firebug add-on is used. This allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript via a crafted HTTP response.

Recommendations For Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 3.0.19, update to version 3.0.19 or later. For Mozilla Firefox versions 3.5.x prior to 3.5.8, update to version 3.5.8 or later. For SeaMonkey versions prior to 2.0.3, update to version 2.0.3 or later.

Fix

RCE

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-0179

DSA-2027-1

RHSA-2010:0332

RHSA-2010_0332

Affected Products

Firebug

Firefox

Red Hat

Seamonkey

References · 33

• http://mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-21.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0849 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/39243 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0748 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/39308 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00002.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2027 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0781 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0179 · Security Note
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:251 · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0332.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1023783 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/3924 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0764 · Vendor Advisory