HTTP: Mozilla Firefox XUL NULL Menu Denial of Service

This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability against Mozilla Firefox. A successful attack can result in a denial-of-service condition.

Extended Description

The Mozilla Foundation has released six security advisories specifying vulnerabilities in Firefox, SeaMonkey, and Thunderbird. These vulnerabilities allow attackers to: - Execute arbitrary code - Cause denial-of-service conditions - Perform cross-site scripting attacks - Obtain potentially sensitive information - Spoof legitimate content Other attacks may also be possible. UPDATE: Firefox 2.0.0.10 is still vulnerable to the issue outlined in MFSA 2007-02. Pages followed through 'href' links and embedded iframes inherit the character set of parent pages when a user has manually set the browser charset.

Affected Products

Sun java_system_web_server,Mozilla thunderbird

References

BugTraq: 22694

CVE: CVE-2007-0775

Short Name
HTTP:STC:MOZILLA:XUL-NULL-MENU
Severity
Minor
Recommended
False
Recommended Action
Drop
Category
HTTP
Keywords
CVE-2007-0775 Denial Firefox Menu Mozilla NULL Service XUL bid:22694 of
Release Date
04/15/2013
Supported Platforms

srx-branch-12.3

srx-19.3

srx-branch-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.2

srx-branch-19.4

vsrx-19.4

mx-12.3

mx-19.4

vmx-19.4

mx-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.4

srx-19.4

vsrx-12.3

vmx-19.3

vsrx-19.2

srx-12.3

Sigpack Version
3339
False Positive
Unknown
Vendors

Red_hat

Suse

Gentoo

Sun

Rpath

Mozilla

Turbolinux

Avaya

Sgi

Novell

Pardus

Slackware

Ubuntu

Mandriva

Debian

CVSS Score

3.7

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