CVE-2008-2933

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.16, and 3.x before 3.0.1, interprets '|' (pipe) characters in a command-line URI as requests to open multiple tabs, which allows remote attackers to access chrome:i URIs, or read arbitrary local files via manipulations involving a series of URIs that is not entirely handled by a vector application, as exploited in conjunction with CVE-2008-2540. NOTE: this issue exists because of an insufficient fix for CVE-2005-2267.

Category

2.6
CVSS
Severity: Low
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 7.09% Top 10%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://www.novell.com/support/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=InfoDocument-patchbuilder-readme5031400
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697 vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0597.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31270 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31121 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/31145 third party advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020500 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/31377 third party advisory
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0238
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-03.xml vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494860/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-626-2 vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0598.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31157 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33433 third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1614 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31183 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31106 third party advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/130923 third party advisory us government resource
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1 vendor advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2683
http://secunia.com/advisories/31261 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31120 third party advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-35.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-623-1 vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11618 vdb entry signature
http://www.slackware.org/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.380974 vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1615 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31176 third party advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=441120
http://secunia.com/advisories/31129 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30242 vdb entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-626-1 vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:148 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31306 third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43832 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-2933?
CVE-2008-2933 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-2933?
To fix CVE-2008-2933, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2008-2933 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-2933 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~7% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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