(Mozilla Issues Fix for Thunderbird) Mozilla Firefox Permits Cross-Domain Responses to XMLHttpRequests to Be Accessed
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1021504 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1021504
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2008-5506
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Dec 30 2008
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Impact:
Disclosure of user information
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): 2.x prior to 2.0.0.19
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in Mozilla Firefox. A remote user can obtain potentially sensitive cross-domain response information. Mozilla Thunderbird is affected.
When an XMLHttpRequest to a same-origin resource results in a 302 redirect to a resource in a different domain, the site issuing the XMLHttpRequest request can read the response.
Thunderbird and SeaMonkey are affected.
Marius Schilder of Google Security reported this vulnerability.
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Impact:
A remote user can obtain potentially sensitive cross-domain response information.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a fix (2.0.0.19) for Thunderbird, which is affected by this vulnerability.
The vendor's advisory is available at:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-64.html
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Vendor URL: www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-64.html (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Access control error
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Underlying OS:
Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)
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Message History:
This archive entry is a follow-up to the message listed below.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:07:53 -0500
Subject: Mozilla Thunderbird
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Security Update (December 30, 2008): A security update has been issued for
Thunderbird that fixes multiple security vulnerabilities. All users should install
this update as soon as possible.
CVE-2008-5506
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