8442.txt

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Rule: 

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Sid: 
8442

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Summary: 
This event is generated when an attempt is made to exploit a known vulnerability in the Mozilla suite of products.

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Impact: 
Serious. Code execution may be possible.

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Detailed Information:
Multiple vulnerabilities exist in the Mozilla suite of products that may allow a remote attacker to execute code of their choosing on an affected system. The vulnerability may also cause a Denial of Service (DoS) on the affected application.

The issue lies in the way that the Mozilla products process Javascript regular expressions. Any Javascript regex that ends with a backslash in an unterminated character class will cause the condition to be manifest.

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Affected Systems:
Multiple products from the Mozilla Suite:
  Firefox 1.5.0.6 and prior
  Thunderbird 1.5.0.6 and prior
  SeaMonkey 1.0.4 and prior

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Attack Scenarios: 
An attacker would need to supply a Javascript regular expression that ends in the following manner [\\ to cause the exception to occur.

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Ease of Attack: 
Simple.

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False Positives:
Some webmail sites may cause this event to occur under normal circumstances.

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False Negatives:
None known.

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Corrective Action: 
Upgrade to the latest non-affected version of the product.

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Contributors:
Sourcefire Vulnerability Research Team

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Additional References:


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