CVE-2008-5513

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the session-restore feature in Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.5 and 2.x before 2.0.0.19 allows remote attackers to bypass the same origin policy, inject content into documents associated with other domains, and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via unknown vectors related to restoration of SessionStore data.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.65% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory sun.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory mozilla.org
Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32882 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-69.html vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021421 vdb entry third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33421 third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1036.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-690-2 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47418 vdb entry third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33231 third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:245 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/690-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33203 third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1707 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10389 vdb entry third party advisory signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/33216 third party advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1 vendor advisory broken link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1037.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33184 third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0002.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:244 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33188 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33523 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33189 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-5513?
CVE-2008-5513 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-5513?
To fix CVE-2008-5513, 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-2008-5513 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-5513 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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