National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-2993

Overview

The implementation of digital signatures for JAR files in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 5, SeaMonkey 2.x before 2.3, and possibly other products does not prevent calls from unsigned JavaScript code to signed code, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and gain privileges via a crafted web site, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2801.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=657267

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=657267

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-33.html

Hyperlink:http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-33.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-29.html

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-29.html

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14055

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14055

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2011:037

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00023.html

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14055

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

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14055