Mozilla Firefox URL Parsing Vulnerability

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  Severity: MEDIUM

  CVE Identifier: CVE-2008-5508

  Advisory Date: JUL 21, 2015

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  DESCRIPTION

Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.5 and 2.x before 2.0.0.19, Thunderbird 2.x before 2.0.0.19, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.14 does not properly parse URLs with leading whitespace or control characters, which might allow remote attackers to misrepresent URLs and simplify phishing attacks.

  TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION

Apply associated Trend Micro DPI Rules.

  SOLUTION

  Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Number: 1003156

  Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Name: 1003156 - Mozilla Firefox URL Parsing Vulnerability

  AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION

• mozilla firefox 2.0
• mozilla firefox 2.0.0.1
• mozilla firefox 2.0.0.10
• mozilla firefox 2.0.0.11
• mozilla firefox 2.0.0.12
• mozilla firefox 2.0.0.13
• mozilla firefox 2.0.0.14
• mozilla firefox 2.0.0.15
• mozilla firefox 2.0.0.16
• mozilla firefox 2.0.0.17
• mozilla firefox 2.0.0.18
• mozilla firefox 2.0.0.2
• mozilla firefox 2.0.0.3
• mozilla firefox 2.0.0.4
• mozilla firefox 2.0.0.5
• mozilla firefox 2.0.0.6
• mozilla firefox 2.0.0.7
• mozilla firefox 2.0.0.8
• mozilla firefox 2.0.0.9
• mozilla firefox 3.0
• mozilla firefox 3.0.1
• mozilla firefox 3.0.2
• mozilla firefox 3.0.3
• mozilla firefox 3.0.4
• mozilla seamonkey 1.0
• mozilla seamonkey 1.0.1
• mozilla seamonkey 1.0.2
• mozilla seamonkey 1.0.3
• mozilla seamonkey 1.0.5
• mozilla seamonkey 1.0.6
• mozilla seamonkey 1.0.7
• mozilla seamonkey 1.0.8
• mozilla seamonkey 1.0.9
• mozilla seamonkey 1.1
• mozilla seamonkey 1.1.1
• mozilla seamonkey 1.1.10
• mozilla seamonkey 1.1.11
• mozilla seamonkey 1.1.12
• mozilla seamonkey 1.1.13
• mozilla seamonkey 1.1.2
• mozilla seamonkey 1.1.3
• mozilla seamonkey 1.1.4
• mozilla seamonkey 1.1.5
• mozilla seamonkey 1.1.6
• mozilla seamonkey 1.1.7
• mozilla seamonkey 1.1.8
• mozilla seamonkey 1.1.9
• mozilla thunderbird 2.0.0.0
• mozilla thunderbird 2.0.0.12
• mozilla thunderbird 2.0.0.14
• mozilla thunderbird 2.0.0.16
• mozilla thunderbird 2.0.0.17
• mozilla thunderbird 2.0.0.18
• mozilla thunderbird 2.0.0.4
• mozilla thunderbird 2.0.0.5
• mozilla thunderbird 2.0.0.6
• mozilla thunderbird 2.0.0.9