Mozilla Firefox up to 3.6.26/6.0 IPv6 Proxy XMLHttpRequest Object information disclosure

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 3.6.26/6.0 (Web Browser). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component IPv6 Proxy XMLHttpRequest Object Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.26 and 4.x through 6.0, Thunderbird before 3.1.18 and 5.0 through 6.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.4 do not properly enforce the IPv6 literal address syntax, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by making XMLHttpRequest calls through a proxy and reading the error messages.

The weakness was released 01/31/2012 by TippingPoint with TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative as MFSA2012-02 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2011-3670 since 09/23/2011. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 68445 (Oracle Linux 4 : seamonkey (ELSA-2012-0084)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 119906 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2012:0079)).

Upgrading to version 3.6.26 or 6.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (72834), Tenable (68445), SecurityFocus (BID 51753†), OSVDB (78774†) and Secunia (SA47770†).

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 68445
Nessus Name: Oracle Linux 4 : seamonkey (ELSA-2012-0084)
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OpenVAS ID: 70719
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2400-1 (iceweasel)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 3.6.26/6.0

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA2012-02
Researcher: TippingPoint
Organization: TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2011-3670 (🔍)
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X-Force: 72834
SecurityFocus: 51753 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey Ogg Vorbis Files Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 47770 - Debian update for iceape, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 78774
SecurityTracker: 1026606 - Mozilla Seamonkey Multiple Flaws Permit Remote Code Execution, Information Disclosure, and Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
Vulnerability Center: 34510 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey IPv6 Enforcement Remote Sensitive Information Disclosure, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 02/21/2012 01:00 AM
Updated: 03/20/2021 04:36 PM
Changes: 02/21/2012 01:00 AM (76), 01/31/2018 09:53 AM (13), 03/20/2021 04:36 PM (2)
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Cache ID: 98:F3B:40

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