Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey chrome URL information disclosure
| mozilla-chrome-information-disclosure (27993) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by improper restrictions on chrome URLs. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain unauthorized access to files on remote systems by persuading a victim to click a malicious chrome: URL.
Platforms Affected:
- Canonical, Ubuntu 5.10
- Canonical, Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
- Gentoo, Linux
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2006
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2006 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0 X86_64
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.5 Beta2
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.5 Beta1
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.5
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.5.0.1
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.5.0.2
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.5.0.3
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.5.0.4
- Mozilla, SeaMonkey 1.0 Beta
- Mozilla, SeaMonkey 1.0 Dev
- Mozilla, SeaMonkey 1.0 Alpha
- Mozilla, SeaMonkey 1.0
- Mozilla, SeaMonkey 1.0.1
- Mozilla, SeaMonkey 1.0.2
- Mozilla, Thunderbird 1.5 Beta2
- Mozilla, Thunderbird 1.5
- Mozilla, Thunderbird 1.5.0.1
- Mozilla, Thunderbird 1.5.0.2
- Mozilla, Thunderbird 1.5.0.3
- Mozilla, Thunderbird 1.5.0.4
- Mozilla, Thunderbird 1.5.1
- Mozilla, Thunderbird 1.5.2
- Novell, Linux Desktop 9
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 2.1 WS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 2.1 ES
- 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, Enterprise Linux 4 AS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 ES
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 WS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 Desktop
- RedHat, Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 Itanium
- SuSE, SLE SDK 10
- SuSE, SuSE Linux 10.0
- SuSE, SuSE Linux 10.1
- SuSE, SuSE Linux 9.2
- SuSE, SuSE Linux 9.3
- SuSE, SuSE SLES 10
Remedy:
Refer to Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2006-56 for upgrade or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Red Hat Linux 2.1(Seamonkey):
Refer to RHSA-2006:0594-9 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Red Hat Linux 3 (Seamonkey):
Refer to RHSA-2006:0608-6 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Red Hat Linux 4 (Seamonkey):
Refer to RHSA-2006:0609-9 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Red Hat Linux 4 (Thunderbird):
Refer to RHSA-2006:0611-3 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Red Hat Linux 4 (Firefox):
Refer to RHSA-2006:0610-4 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Gentoo Linux (Thunderbird):
Refer to Gentoo Linux Security Announcement GLSA 200608-04 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Gentoo Linux (Firefox):
Refer to Gentoo Linux Security Announcement GLSA 200608-03 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Gentoo Linux (Seamonkey):
Refer to Gentoo Linux Security Announcement GLSA 200608-02 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For SUSE Linux:
Refer to SUSE-SA:2006:048 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 2006-56, chrome: scheme loading remote content at http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-56.html.
- US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA06-208A, Mozilla Products Contain Multiple Vulnerabilities at http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-208A.html.
- ASA-2006-149: seamonkey security update (RHSA-2006-0608)
- ASA-2006-151: firefox seamonkey and thunderbird security update (RHSA-2006-0609 RHSA-2006-0610 and RHSA-2006-0611)
- ASA-2006-208: seamonkey security update (was mozilla) (RHSA-2006-0594)
- ASA-2006-259: HP-UX Firefox Vulnerabilities
- ASA-2007-097: HP-UX Running Firefox Remote Unauthorized Access or Elevation of Privileges or Denial of Service (DoS) (HPSBUX02153)
- BID-19181: Mozilla Multiple Products Remote Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2006-3812: Mozilla Firefox before 1.5.0.5, Thunderbird before 1.5.0.5, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.3 allows remote attackers to reference remote files and possibly load chrome: URLs by tricking the user into copying or dragging links.
- GLSA-200507-24: Mozilla Suite: Multiple vulnerabilities
- GLSA-200608-02: Mozilla SeaMonkey: Multiple vulnerabilities
- GLSA-200608-03: Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities
- GLSA-200608-04: Mozilla Thunderbird: Multiple vulnerabilities
- MDKSA-2006:143: Updated Firefox packages fix multiple vulnerabilities
- MDKSA-2006:143-1: Updated Firefox packages fix multiple vulnerabilities
- MDKSA-2006:145: Updated Firefox packages fix multiple vulnerabilities
- MDKSA-2006:146: Updated Thunderbird packages fix multiple vulnerabilities
- RHSA-2006-0594: seamonkey security update (was mozilla)
- RHSA-2006-0608: seamonkey security update
- RHSA-2006-0609: seamonkey security update
- RHSA-2006-0610: firefox security update
- SA19873: Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SA21229: Mozilla SeaMonkey Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1016586: Mozilla Firefox Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
- SECTRACK ID: 1016587: Mozilla Seamonkey Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
- SUSE-SA:2006:048: Mozilla Firefox Thunderbird and Seamonkey security problems
- US-CERT VU#398492: Mozilla Firefox may allow chrome URLs to reference remote files
- USN-327-1: Firefox vulnerabilities
- USN-327-2: Firefox regression
- USN-329-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities
- USN-350-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities
- USN-354-1: Firefox vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-3748: HP-UX Security Update Fixes Mozilla Firefox Command Execution Vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2008-0083: HP-UX Security Update Fixes Firefox Command Execution Vulnerabilities
Reported:
Jul 26, 2006
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