The session restore feature in Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.4 and 2.x before 2.0.0.18 allows remote attackers to violate the same origin policy to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks and execute arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges via unknown vectors.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5019
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=459906,460983
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10943
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00366.html
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00385.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00004.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32684
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32693
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32694
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32695
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32713
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32721
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32778
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34501
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-667-1
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:228
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:230
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-53.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0977.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0978.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32281
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021184
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-319A.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3146
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0977
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0978
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-5019
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=459906%2C460983
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=470889