Mozilla Firefox up to 10.2 Content Security Policy Header code injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Mozilla Firefox up to 10.2. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Content Security Policy Header. This manipulation causes code injection. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2012-0451. The attack may be initiated remotely. In addition, an exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 10.2 (Web Browser). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component Content Security Policy Header. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

CRLF injection vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 10.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.3, Thunderbird 5.0 through 10.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.8 allows remote web servers to bypass intended Content Security Policy (CSP) restrictions and possibly conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via crafted HTTP headers.

The weakness was presented 03/13/2012 by Christian Holler (Nils) as MFSA2012-15 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at mozilla.org. The public release was coordinated in cooperation with Mozilla. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-0451 since 01/09/2012. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. A single authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are unknown but a private exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059 for this issue.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 68496 (Oracle Linux 6 : thunderbird (ELSA-2012-0388)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 120029 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2012:0387)).

Upgrading to version 10.0.3 or 11.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (68496), SecurityFocus (BID 52463†), OSVDB (80014†), Secunia (SA48349†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1026801†). See VDB-4810, VDB-4811, VDB-4812 and VDB-4814 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
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Access: Private
Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 68496
Nessus Name: Oracle Linux 6 : thunderbird (ELSA-2012-0388)
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OpenVAS ID: 71298
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: firefox
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 10.0.3/11.0

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA2012-15
Researcher: Christian Holler (Nils)
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-0451 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-0451
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-4813

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SecurityFocus: 52463 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey HTTP Header Security Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 48349 - Red Hat update for firefox, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 80014
SecurityTracker: 1026801 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Conduct Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
Vulnerability Center: 34645 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey CRLF Injection via Crafted HTTP Headers, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2012 09:34
Updated: 10/21/2024 16:18
Changes: 03/16/2012 09:34 (84), 01/31/2018 09:52 (10), 03/21/2021 18:31 (3), 10/21/2024 16:18 (15)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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