Mozilla Firefox up to 6.0 code injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox and classified as critical. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to code injection. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2011-3000. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.23 and 4.x through 6, Thunderbird before 7.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.4 do not properly handle HTTP responses that contain multiple Location, Content-Length, or Content-Disposition headers, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct HTTP response splitting attacks via crafted header values.

The weakness was published 09/28/2011 as Bug 655389 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.mozilla.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2011-3000 since 08/01/2011. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/20/2021). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 56311 (CentOS 4 / 5 : firefox (CESA-2011:1341)), 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 119626 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2011:1341)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 12181.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (56311), SecurityFocus (BID 49849†), Secunia (SA46315†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-33357†). Similar entries are available at VDB-58785, VDB-58781, VDB-58780 and VDB-58776. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
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Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 56311
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 / 5 : firefox (CESA-2011:1341)
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OpenVAS ID: 70401
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2312-1 (iceape)
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10/02/2011 +4 days 🔍
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11/20/2021 +2434 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 655389
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-3000 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-3000
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-58775

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SecurityFocus: 49849 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey CVE-2011-3000 HTTP Response Splitting Vulnerability
Secunia: 46315 - SUSE update for MozillaThunderbird, Highly Critical
Vulnerability Center: 33357 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey Allows HTTP Response Splitting Attacks, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/20/2021 20:09
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (67), 04/02/2017 14:08 (14), 11/20/2021 20:09 (3)
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