Mozilla middle-click events information disclosure

mozilla-middle-click-information-disclosure (19171)

Medium Risk

Description:

Mozilla could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a vulnerability in the handling of middle-click events. A remote attacker could use JavaScript that would generate a middle-click event to cause a paste operation, allowing the attacker to steal the clipboard contents and obtain sensitive information.

Platforms Affected:

• Canonical, Ubuntu 4.10
• Mozilla, Firefox 0.10 rc
• Mozilla, Firefox 0.10
• Mozilla, Firefox 0.10.1
• Mozilla, Firefox 0.7
• Mozilla, Firefox 0.8
• Mozilla, Firefox 0.9
• Mozilla, Firefox 0.9 rc
• Mozilla, Firefox 0.9.1
• Mozilla, Firefox 0.9.2
• Mozilla, Firefox 0.9.3
• Mozilla, Mozilla 0.8
• Mozilla, Mozilla 0.9.2
• Mozilla, Mozilla 0.9.2.1
• Mozilla, Mozilla 0.9.3
• Mozilla, Mozilla 0.9.4
• Mozilla, Mozilla 0.9.4.1
• Mozilla, Mozilla 0.9.5
• Mozilla, Mozilla 0.9.6
• Mozilla, Mozilla 0.9.7
• Mozilla, Mozilla 0.9.8
• Mozilla, Mozilla 0.9.9
• Mozilla, Mozilla 1.0
• Mozilla, Mozilla 1.0 rc1
• Mozilla, Mozilla 1.0.1
• Mozilla, Mozilla 1.0.2
• Mozilla, Mozilla 1.1 Alpha
• Mozilla, Mozilla 1.1 Beta
• Mozilla, Mozilla 1.1
• Mozilla, Mozilla 1.2
• Mozilla, Mozilla 1.2 Alpha
• Mozilla, Mozilla 1.2 Beta
• Mozilla, Mozilla 1.2.1
• Mozilla, Mozilla 1.3
• Mozilla, Mozilla 1.3.1
• Mozilla, Mozilla 1.4 Beta
• Mozilla, Mozilla 1.4
• Mozilla, Mozilla 1.4 Alpha
• Mozilla, Mozilla 1.4.1
• Mozilla, Mozilla 1.4.2
• Mozilla, Mozilla 1.4.4
• Mozilla, Mozilla 1.5 rc1
• Mozilla, Mozilla 1.5 Alpha
• Mozilla, Mozilla 1.5 rc2
• Mozilla, Mozilla 1.5
• Mozilla, Mozilla 1.5.1
• Mozilla, Mozilla 1.6
• Mozilla, Mozilla 1.6 Beta
• Mozilla, Mozilla 1.6 Alpha
• Mozilla, Mozilla 1.7
• Mozilla, Mozilla 1.7 rc1
• Mozilla, Mozilla 1.7 rc2
• Mozilla, Mozilla 1.7 Beta
• Mozilla, Mozilla 1.7 Alpha
• Mozilla, Mozilla 1.7 rc3
• Mozilla, Mozilla 1.7.1
• Mozilla, Mozilla 1.7.2
• Mozilla, Mozilla 1.7.3
• Mozilla, Mozilla 1.7.4
• RedHat, Enterprise Linux 2.1 ES
• RedHat, Enterprise Linux 2.1 WS
• RedHat, Enterprise Linux 2.1 AS
• RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 Desktop
• RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 AS
• RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 ES
• RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 WS
• RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 ES
• RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 WS
• RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 Desktop
• RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 AS
• RedHat, Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 Itanium

Remedy:

For Mozilla:
Upgrade to the latest version (1.7.5 or later), available from the Mozilla Web site. See References.

For Firefox:
Upgrade to the latest version (1.0 or later), available from the Mozilla Web site. See References.

For Red Hat Linux (Mozilla):
Refer to RHSA-2005:335-07 or RHSA-2005:384-11 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.

For Red Hat Linux (Thunderbird):
Refer to RHSA-2005:094-05 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.

For Ubuntu Linux:
Refer to USN-149-3 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.

For other distributions:
Contact your vendor for upgrade or patch information.

Consequences:

Obtain Information

References:

• MFSA 2005-08, Synthetic middle-click event can steal clipboard contents at http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-08.html.
• Mozilla Web site, Mozilla Suite at http://www.mozilla.org/products/mozilla1.x/.
• Mozilla Web site, Firefox at http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/.
• BID-12407: Multiple Mozilla/Firefox/Thunderbird Vulnerabilities
• CVE-2005-0146: Firefox before 1.0 and Mozilla before 1.7.5 allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive data from the clipboard via Javascript that generates a middle-click event on systems for which a middle-click performs a paste operation.
• RHSA-2005-094: thunderbird security update
• RHSA-2005-335: mozilla security update
• RHSA-2005-384: Mozilla security update
• USN-149-3: Ubuntu 4.10 update for Firefox vulnerabilities

Reported:

Jan 31, 2005

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