National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-1312

Overview

Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.9 and SeaMonkey 1.1.17 do not block javascript: URIs in Refresh headers in HTTP responses, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via vectors related to (1) injecting a Refresh header or (2) specifying the content of a Refresh header. NOTE: it was later reported that Firefox 3.6 a1 pre and Mozilla 1.7.x and earlier are also affected.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=475636

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=475636

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2009-3875

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00683.html

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-1125

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1125

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-764-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-764-1

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1022096

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022096

External Source: BID

Name: 34656

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34656

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20090703 Re: Cross-Site Scripting vulnerabilities in Mozilla, Internet Explorer, Opera and Chrome

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/504723/100/0/threaded

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20090702 Cross-Site Scripting vulnerabilities in Mozilla, Internet Explorer, Opera and Chrome

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/504718/100/0/threaded

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2009:0436

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0436.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-22.html

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-22.html

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2009:111

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:111

External Source: MISC

Name: http://websecurity.com.ua/3386/

Hyperlink:http://websecurity.com.ua/3386/

External Source: MISC

Name: http://websecurity.com.ua/3275/

Hyperlink:http://websecurity.com.ua/3275/

External Source: SUNALERT

Name: 264308

Hyperlink:http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-264308-1

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 35065

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/35065

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 34894

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/34894

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 34844

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/34844

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 34843

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/34843

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 34758

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/34758

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2009:0437

Hyperlink:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0437.html

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9818

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9818

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6731

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6731

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6131

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6131

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6064

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6064

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SR:2009:010

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00000.html

External Source: MISC

Name: http://ha.ckers.org/blog/20070309/firefox-header-redirection-javascript-execution/

Hyperlink:http://ha.ckers.org/blog/20070309/firefox-header-redirection-javascript-execution/

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9818

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9818

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6131

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6131

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6731

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6731

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6064

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6064