Mozilla and Firefox 407 proxy information disclosure
| mozilla-407-proxy-obtain-information (19174) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Mozilla could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a vulnerability in the handling of proxy requests. If a proxy has been configured, a remote attacker with an SSL connection could send a 407 proxy auth request and possibly obtain NTLM or SPNEGO credentials.
Platforms Affected:
- Canonical, Ubuntu 4.10
- Mozilla, Firefox 0.10
- Mozilla, Firefox 0.10 rc
- 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 rc1
- Mozilla, Mozilla 1.0
- Mozilla, Mozilla 1.0.1
- Mozilla, Mozilla 1.0.2
- Mozilla, Mozilla 1.1
- Mozilla, Mozilla 1.1 Beta
- Mozilla, Mozilla 1.1 Alpha
- Mozilla, Mozilla 1.2 Beta
- Mozilla, Mozilla 1.2 Alpha
- Mozilla, Mozilla 1.2
- Mozilla, Mozilla 1.2.1
- Mozilla, Mozilla 1.3
- Mozilla, Mozilla 1.3.1
- Mozilla, Mozilla 1.4 Alpha
- Mozilla, Mozilla 1.4 Beta
- Mozilla, Mozilla 1.4
- Mozilla, Mozilla 1.4.1
- Mozilla, Mozilla 1.4.2
- Mozilla, Mozilla 1.4.4
- Mozilla, Mozilla 1.5 Alpha
- Mozilla, Mozilla 1.5 rc2
- Mozilla, Mozilla 1.5 rc1
- Mozilla, Mozilla 1.5
- Mozilla, Mozilla 1.5.1
- Mozilla, Mozilla 1.6
- Mozilla, Mozilla 1.6 Alpha
- Mozilla, Mozilla 1.6 Beta
- Mozilla, Mozilla 1.7 rc1
- Mozilla, Mozilla 1.7 Beta
- Mozilla, Mozilla 1.7 Alpha
- Mozilla, Mozilla 1.7 rc3
- Mozilla, Mozilla 1.7
- Mozilla, Mozilla 1.7 rc2
- 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 AS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 ES
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 WS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 Desktop
- 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-2005:323-10 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:
- CIAC INFORMATION BULLETIN P-168, Mozilla Security Update at http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-168.shtml.
- MFSA 2005-09, Browser responds to proxy auth request from non-proxy server (ssl/https) at http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-09.html.
- Mozilla Web site, Mozilla - Home of the Firefox web browser, Thunderbird and the Mozilla Suite at http://www.mozilla.org/.
- BID-12407: Multiple Mozilla/Firefox/Thunderbird Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2005-0147: Firefox before 1.0 and Mozilla before 1.7.5, when configured to use a proxy, respond to 407 proxy auth requests from arbitrary servers, which allows remote attackers to steal NTLM or SPNEGO credentials.
- RHSA-2005-323: mozilla security update
- USN-149-3: Ubuntu 4.10 update for Firefox vulnerabilities
Reported:
Jan 31, 2005
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