CVE-2005-2269

security flaw

Published Jul 13, 2005 CVSS 2.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 5.8% KEV · Not listed
Description
Firefox before 1.0.5, Mozilla before 1.7.9, and Netscape 8.0.2 does not properly verify the associated types of DOM node names within the context of their namespaces, which allows remote attackers to modify certain tag properties, possibly leading to execution of arbitrary script or code, as demonstrated using an XHTML document with IMG tags with custom properties ("XHTML node spoofing").

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2005-2270 Firefox before 1.0.5, Mozilla before 1.7.9, and Netscape 8.0.2 does not properly verify the associated types of DOM node names within the context of their namespaces, which allows remote attackers to modify certain tag properties, possibly leading to execution of arbitrary script or code, as demonstrated using an XHTML document with IMG tags with custom properties ("XHTML node spoofing").
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-149-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-149-3 Ubuntu 4.10 update for Firefox vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-155-1 Mozilla vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-157-1 Mozilla Thunderbird vulnerabilities
References
Link Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/16043 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/16044 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/16059 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/19823 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-252.shtml cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-810 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-55.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.networksecurity.fi/advisories/netscape-multiple-issues.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_45_mozilla.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-586.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-587.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-601.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14242 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1075 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=298892 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=160202 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2269 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100004 cve-icon cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100005 cve-icon cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100011 cve-icon cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1258 cve-icon cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A729 cve-icon cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9777 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-2269 cve-icon
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 10:22 PM
Reserved
Jul 13, 2005, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jul 13, 2005, 4:00 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:14 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jul 12, 2005, 12:00 AM