Mozilla Firefox prior 1.0.9 about:certerror NS_SecurityCompareURIs input validation

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A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects the function NS_SecurityCompareURIs of the component about:certerror. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The NS_SecurityCompareURIs function in netwerk/base/public/nsNetUtil.h in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.16 and 3.6.x before 3.6.13, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.11, does not properly handle (1) about:neterror and (2) about:certerror pages, which allows remote attackers to spoof the location bar via a crafted web site.

The weakness was shared 12/10/2010 by Michal Zalewski as Bug 602780 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.mozilla.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2010-3774. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 51777 (CentOS 4 : firefox (CESA-2010:0966)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 118874 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2010:0966)).

Upgrading to version 1.0.9 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (51777). The entries 4223, 55712, 55711 and 55710 are related to this item.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 51777
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 : firefox (CESA-2010:0966)
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OpenVAS ID: 68690
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: firefox
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 1.0.9

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 602780
Researcher: Michal Zalewski
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-3774 (🔍)
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Vulnerability Center: 28580 - Netwerk/base/public/nsNetUtil.h in Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey Remote Spoofing Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 45314 - Mozilla Firefox Pseudo URL Same Origin Policy Security Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 42716

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Created: 03/19/2015 23:27
Updated: 10/06/2021 17:10
Changes: 03/19/2015 23:27 (64), 03/10/2017 10:39 (9), 10/06/2021 17:02 (5), 10/06/2021 17:10 (1)
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