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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2007-1362 EUVD-2007-1358GHSA-877r-gp3p-67qm

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 s…

Published Jun 1, 2007 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

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."

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Debian

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 5.0 iceape 1.0.10~pre070720-0etch1+lenny1 DTSA-47-1
Debian 5.0 iceweasel 2.0.0.5-0etch1+lenny1 DTSA-45-1
Debian 5.0 xulrunner 1.8.0.13~pre070720-0etch3+lenny1 DTSA-51-1
Debian 4.0 iceape 1.0.9-0etch1 DSA-1300-1
Debian 4.0 iceweasel 2.0.0.4-0etch1 DSA-1308-1
Debian 4.0 xulrunner 1.8.0.12-0etch1 DSA-1306-1

Red Hat

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 5 devhelp +1 0.12-11.el5 RHSA-2007:0400
RHEL 5 firefox +1 1.5.0.12-1.el5 RHSA-2007:0401, RHSA-2007:0400
RHEL 5 yelp 2.16.0-15.el5 RHSA-2007:0400
RHEL 4 devhelp +1 0.10-0.8.el4 RHSA-2007:0402
RHEL 4 firefox +1 1.5.0.12-0.1.el4 RHSA-2007:0401, RHSA-2007:0400
RHEL 4 seamonkey +5 1.0.9-2.el4 RHSA-2007:0402
RHEL 3 seamonkey +9 1.0.9-0.1.el3 RHSA-2007:0402
RHEL 2 seamonkey +9 1.0.9-0.1.el2 RHSA-2007:0402
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Red Hat Rhel Productivity 5 thunderbird 1.5.0.12-1.el5 RHSA-2007:0401

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

Exploit-DB 1

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Advisories 9

References