CVE-2008-5019

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.
References
Link Resource
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/32693 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32694 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32695 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32713 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32721 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32778 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://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-2008:230 Third Party 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-2008-0978.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32281 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.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3146 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://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/msg00385.html Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

13 Feb 2023, 02:19

Type Values Removed Values Added
Summary CVE-2008-5019 Mozilla XSS via session restore 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.
References
  • {'url': 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-5019', 'name': 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-5019', 'tags': [], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
  • {'url': 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0977', 'name': 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0977', 'tags': [], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
  • {'url': 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0978', 'name': 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0978', 'tags': [], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
  • {'url': 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=470889', 'name': 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=470889', 'tags': [], 'refsource': 'MISC'}

02 Feb 2023, 15:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • {'url': 'https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=459906,460983', 'name': 'https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=459906,460983', 'tags': ['Issue Tracking', 'Vendor Advisory'], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
  • (MISC) https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=459906%2C460983 -
  • (MISC) https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0978 -
  • (MISC) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=470889 -
  • (MISC) https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-5019 -
  • (MISC) https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0977 -
Summary 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

Information

Published : 2008-11-13 11:30

Updated : 2023-12-10 10:51


NVD link : CVE-2008-5019

Mitre link : CVE-2008-5019

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2008-5019


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Products Affected

canonical

  • ubuntu_linux

debian

  • debian_linux

mozilla

  • firefox
CWE
CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')