Mozilla Firefox 'jar:' Scheme Error Processing the 'content-disposition:' Header May Affect Some Web Sites
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1022095 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1022095
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2009-1306
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Apr 22 2009
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Impact:
Disclosure of authentication information, Disclosure of user information, Execution of arbitrary code via network, Modification of user information
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): 3.x prior to 3.0.9
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in Mozilla Firefox. A remote user may be able to bypass web site content disposition restrictions.
When a URL is loaded via the 'jar:' scheme, the browser will ignore the 'Content-Disposition: attachment' HTTP header and display the content inline. On web sites that expect the content to be delivered within an attachment and not executed in the context of the site, content injection attacks may be effective.
Daniel Veditz reported this vulnerability.
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Impact:
A remote user may be able to conduct content injection attacks.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a fix (3.0.9).
The vendor's advisory is available at:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-16.html
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Vendor URL: www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-16.html (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Access control error, 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, 21 Apr 2009 23:43:59 -0400
Subject: Mozilla Firefox
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http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-16.html
CVE-2009-1306
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