Mozilla Firefox Lets Remote Users Spoof URL Status and Contents
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1023342 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1023342
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2009-3984, CVE-2009-3985
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Dec 16 2009
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Impact:
Modification of system information
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): 3.0 prior to 3.0.16, 3.5 prior to 3.5.6
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Description:
Two vulnerabilities were reported in Mozilla Firefox. A remote user can spoof URLs and URL bar status.
A remote user can create specially crafted HTML that, when loaded by the target user via a non-secure protocol (e.g., http:, file:), will receive SSL indicators near the location bar [CVE-2009-3984]. A document that sets its document.location to an 'https:' URL which in turn responds with a 204 status and empty response body can trigger this flaw. Jonathan Morgan reported this vulnerability.
A remote user can create specially crafted HTML that, when loaded by the target user, will set the document.location to a URL that will not display properly and may appear to be a different URL [CVE-2009-3985]. Jordi Chancel reported this vulnerability.
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Impact:
A remote user can create HTML that, when loaded by the target user, will spoof the URL bar SSL status or the URL bar contents on the target user's browser.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a fix (3.0.16, 3.5.6).
The vendor's advisory is available at:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-69.html
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Vendor URL: www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-69.html (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
State error
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Underlying OS:
Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)
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Message History:
This archive entry has one or more follow-up message(s) listed below.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:51:50 +0000
Subject: Mozilla Firefox
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http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-69.html
CVE-2009-3984
CVE-2009-3985
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