Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey document.cookie denial of service
| mozilla-doccookie-dos (34613) |  Low Risk |
Description:
Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey are vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper validation of JavaScript cookies created through the document.cookie object. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating a specially-crafted Web page containing an overly long or malicious cookie path or name value to cause the browser to hang, if the attacker could persuade the victim to open the malicious Web page.
Platforms Affected:
- Canonical, Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
- Canonical, Ubuntu 6.10
- Canonical, Ubuntu 7.04
- Debian, Debian Linux 4.0
- Gentoo, Linux
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2007
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2007 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2007.1
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2007.1 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.5.0.1
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.5.0.10
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.5.0.11
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.5.0.2
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.5.0.3
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.5.0.4
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.5.0.5
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.5.0.6
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.5.0.7
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.5.0.8
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.5.0.9
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.5.1
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.5.2
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.5.3
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.5.4
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.5.5
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.5.6
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.5.7
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.5.8
- Mozilla, Firefox 2.0
- Mozilla, Firefox 2.0.0.1
- Mozilla, Firefox 2.0.0.2
- Mozilla, Firefox 2.0.0.3
- Mozilla, SeaMonkey 1.0.9
- Mozilla, SeaMonkey 1.1.2
- Novell, Linux Desktop 9
- Novell, Linux POS 9
- Novell, Open Enterprise Server
- Novell, Open Enterprise Server
- Novell, OpenSUSE 10.2
- Novell, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP1
- Novell, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1
- Novell, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
- Novell, UnitedLinux 1.0
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 2.1 AS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 2.1 ES
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 2.1 WS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 WS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 ES
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 AS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 Desktop
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 AS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 ES
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 WS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 Desktop
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 5 Client Workstation
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 5 Server
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 5 Client
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 5
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux Desktop 5.0
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications 5 Server
- RedHat, Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 Itanium
- SuSE, SuSE Linux Retail Solution 8
- SuSE, SuSE SLES 9
- Turbolinux, Turbolinux 10 Desktop
- Turbolinux, Turbolinux 10 F...
- Turbolinux, Turbolinux 10 Server
- Turbolinux, Turbolinux 10 Server x64 Ed
- Turbolinux, Turbolinux FUJI
- Turbolinux, Turbolinux Home
- Turbolinux, Turbolinux Multimedia
- Turbolinux, Turbolinux Personal
Remedy:
Refer to MFSA 2007-14 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Ubuntu Linux (firefox):
Refer to USN-468-1 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Debian/GNU Linux (xulrunner):
Refer to dsa-1306-1 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Red Hat Linux (SeaMonkey):
Refer to RHSA-2007:0402 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Red Hat Linux (Thunderbird):
Refer to RHSA-2007:0401 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Red Hat Linux (Firefox):
Refer to RHSA-2007:0400 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Debian GNU/Linux (Iceape):
Refer to DSA-1300 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Mandriva Linux (Firefox):
Refer to MDKSA-2007:120 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Debian GNU/Linux (Iceweasel):
Refer to DSA 1308-1 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Turbolinux:
Refer to TLSA-2007-32 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Gentoo Linux:
Refer to GLSA 200706-06 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For other distributions:
Contact your vendor for upgrade or patch information.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
References:
- MFSA 2007-14, Path Abuse in Cookies at http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-14.html.
- MFSA 2007-32, File input focus stealing vulnerability at http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-32.html.
- ASA-2007-218: thunderbird security update (RHSA-2007-0401)
- ASA-2007-291: Firefox security update (RHSA-2007-0400)
- ASA-2007-295: SeaMonkey security update (RHSA-2007-0402)
- ASA-2008-008: Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in Firefox and Thunderbird for Solaris 10 May Allow Execution of Arbitrary Code and Access to Unauthorized Data (Sun 103177)
- BID-22879: Mozilla Firefox Document.Cookie Path Argument Denial of Service Vulnerability
- BID-24242: Mozilla Products Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2007-1362: Mozilla Firefox 1.5.x before 1.5.0.12 and 2.x before 2.0.0.4, and SeaMonkey 1.0.9 and 1.1.2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via (1) a large cookie path parameter, which triggers memory consumption, or (2) an internal delimiter within cookie path or name values, which could trigger a misinterpretation of cookie data, aka Path Abuse in Cookies.
- DSA-1300: iceape -- several vulnerabilities
- DSA-1306: xulrunner -- several vulnerabilities
- DSA-1308: iceweasel -- several vulnerabilities
- GLSA-200706-06: Mozilla products: Multiple vulnerabilities
- MDKSA-2007:120: Updated Firefox packages fix multiple vulnerabilities
- MDKSA-2007:126: Updated Firefox packages fix multiple vulnerabilities
- MDKSA-2007:126-1: Updated Firefox packages fix multiple vulnerabilities
- OSVDB ID: 35139: Mozilla Multiple Browser Cookie Path Data DoS
- RHSA-2007-0400: Critical: firefox security update
- RHSA-2007-0401: Critical: thunderbird security update
- RHSA-2007-0402: Critical: seamonkey security update
- SECTRACK ID: 1018162: Mozilla Seamonkey Lets Remote Users Set Cookie Values to Deny Service
- SECTRACK ID: 1018163: Mozilla Firefox Lets Remote Users Set Cookie Values to Deny Service
- SUSE-SA:2007:036: Mozilla security updates
- USN-468-1: Firefox vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-1994: Mozilla Products Multiple Remote Code Execution and Security Bypass Vulnerabilities
Reported:
May 30, 2007
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