National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-2372

Overview

Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.23 and 4.x through 6, Thunderbird before 7.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.4 do not prevent the starting of a download in response to the holding of the Enter key, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted web site.

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=663899

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=663899

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=662309

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=662309

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=657462

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=657462

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2011:1341

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1341.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-40.html

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-40.html

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2011:142

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:142

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2011:141

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:141

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2011:140

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:140

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2011:139

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:139

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-2317

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2317

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-2313

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2313

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-2312

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2312

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 46315

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/46315

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13854

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13854

External Source: SUSE

Name: openSUSE-SU-2011:1076

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-10/msg00002.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SU-2011:1256

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-11/msg00020.html

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13854

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

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13854