Mozilla Firefox Does Not Properly Enforce Cache-Control Directives
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1021667 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1021667
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2009-0358
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Feb 4 2009
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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): 3.0.5 and prior 3.x versions
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in Mozilla Firefox. A local user on a shared system may be able to access potentially sensitive information.
The browser does not properly enforce certain HTTP directives, including Cache-Control: no-store and Cache-Control: no-cache for HTTPS pages. A local user on a shared system may be able to access potentially sensitive information that was not intended to be cached.
Paul Nel reported this vulnerability.
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Impact:
A local user on a shared system may be able to access potentially sensitive information.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a fix (3.0.6).
The vendor's advisory is available at:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-06.html
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Vendor URL: www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-06.html (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
State error
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Underlying OS:
Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)
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Message History:
This archive entry has one or more follow-up message(s) listed below.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 22:28:03 -0500
Subject: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-06.html
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CVE-2009-0358
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