PT-2011-4220 · Mozilla+1 · Thunderbird+3

Moz_Bug_R_A4 · Published 2011-08-16 · Updated 2017-09-19 · CVE-2011-2981

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 3.6.20 SeaMonkey versions 2.x Thunderbird versions 3.x prior to 3.1.12

Description The issue is related to the event-management implementation, which does not properly select the context for script execution. This allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy or execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges via a crafted web site.

Recommendations For Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 3.6.20, update to version 3.6.20 or later. For SeaMonkey versions 2.x, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue. For Thunderbird versions 3.x prior to 3.1.12, update to version 3.1.12 or later.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-16

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-2981

DSA-2295-1

DSA-2296-1

DSA-2297-1

RHSA-2011:1164

RHSA-2011_1164

Affected Products

Firefox

Red Hat

Seamonkey

Thunderbird

References · 21

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2981 · Security Note
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00027.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2296 · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2011-1164.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00023.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2295 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2297 · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1164.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:127 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-30.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=650252 · Note
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2984 · Note
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2378 · Note
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2982 · Note
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-0084 · Note