PT-2011-4237 · Mozilla+1 · Thunderbird+3

Boris Zbarsky + 1 · Published 2011-09-27 · Updated 2017-09-19 · CVE-2011-2999

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 3.6.23 Mozilla Firefox versions 4.x through 5 Thunderbird versions prior to 6.0 SeaMonkey versions prior to 2.3

Description The issue arises from improper handling of "location" as the name of a frame, allowing remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy via a crafted web site.

Recommendations For Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 3.6.23, update to version 3.6.23 or later. For Mozilla Firefox versions 4.x through 5, update to a version later than 5. For Thunderbird versions prior to 6.0, update to version 6.0 or later. For SeaMonkey versions prior to 2.3, update to version 2.3 or later.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-2999

DSA-2312-1

DSA-2313-1

DSA-2317-1

RHSA-2011:1341

RHSA-2011:1342

RHSA-2011:1343

RHSA-2011:1344

RHSA-2011_1341

RHSA-2011_1342

RHSA-2011_1343

RHSA-2011_1344

Affected Products

Firefox

Red Hat

Seamonkey

Thunderbird

References · 27

• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1341.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:141 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2312 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-38.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-11/msg00020.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2313 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2317 · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2011-1341.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:140 · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2011-1342.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:139 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2999 · Security Note
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-10/msg00002.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2011-38 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2999 · Security Note