Mozilla Products Multiple Vulnerabilities
Last Update Date:
1 Nov 2012
Release Date:
29 Oct 2012
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RISK: High Risk
TYPE: Clients - Browsers
Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and Seamonkey, which can be exploited by remote user to conduct cross-site scripting attacks or compromise a user's system.
- A remote user can exploit the valueOf() method of window.location to, in combination with some plugins, inject scripting code to cause arbitrary scripting code to be executed by the target user's browser. The code will run in the security context of an arbitrary site. As a result, the code will be able to access the target user's cookies (including authentication cookies), if any, associated with the site, access data recently submitted by the target user via web form to the site, or take actions on the site acting as the target user.
- The nsLocation::CheckURL() function in window.location can be made to return the wrong calling document and principal. A remote user can exploit this to cause arbitrary scripting code to be executed by the target user's browser. The code will run in the security context of an arbitrary site. As a result, the code will be able to access the target user's cookies (including authentication cookies), if any, associated with the site, access data recently submitted by the target user via web form to the site, or take actions on the site acting as the target user.
- A remote user may also be able to exploit this flaw in conjunction with a browser add-on to cause arbitrary code to be executed on the target user's system.
- A remote user can exploit bypass security wrapper protections on the Location object, allowing the cross-origin reading of the Location object
Impact
- Cross-Site Scripting
- Remote Code Execution
System / Technologies affected
- Mozilla Firefox
- Mozilla Thunderbird
- Mozilla SeaMonkey
Solutions
Before installation of the software, please visit the software manufacturer web-site for more details.
- Update to
- Firefox 16.0.2
- Firefox ESR 10.0.10
- Thunderbird 16.0.2
- Thunderbird ESR 10.0.10
- SeaMonkey 2.13.2
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