Mozilla Firefox location.hostname property security bypass
| firefox-locationhostname-security-bypass (32533) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Mozilla Firefox could allow a remote attacker to bypass the cross-domain security module, caused by an error in the location.hostname DOM property. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using NULL termination characters (\x00) in a specially-crafted URL to bypass security zone restrictions and modify cookies, if the attacker could persuade the victim to visit the malicious site.
Platforms Affected:
- Canonical, Ubuntu 5.10
- Canonical, Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
- Canonical, Ubuntu 6.10
- Debian, Debian Linux 3.1
- Gentoo, Linux
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2007
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2007 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0
- Mozilla, Firefox 0.10
- Mozilla, Firefox 0.10.1
- Mozilla, Firefox 0.8
- Mozilla, Firefox 0.9 rc
- Mozilla, Firefox 0.9
- Mozilla, Firefox 0.9.1
- Mozilla, Firefox 0.9.2
- Mozilla, Firefox 0.9.3
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.0
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.0.1
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.0.2
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.0.3
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.0.4
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.0.5
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.0.6
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.0.7
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.0.8
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.5 Beta1
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.5
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.5 Beta2
- 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, Firefox 1.5.0.5
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.5.0.6
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.5.0.7
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.5.0.8
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.5.0.9
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.5.1
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.5.2
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.5.3
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.5.4
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.5.5
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.5.6
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.5.7
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.5.8
- Mozilla, Firefox 2.0
- Mozilla, Firefox 2.0 Beta1
- Mozilla, Firefox 2.0 rc3
- Mozilla, Firefox 2.0.0.1
- Mozilla, SeaMonkey 1.0
- Mozilla, SeaMonkey 1.0.1
- Mozilla, SeaMonkey 1.0.2
- Mozilla, SeaMonkey 1.0.3
- Mozilla, SeaMonkey 1.0.4
- Mozilla, SeaMonkey 1.0.5
- Mozilla, SeaMonkey 1.0.6
- Mozilla, SeaMonkey 1.0.7
- Novell, Linux Desktop 9
- Novell, Linux POS 9
- Novell, Open Enterprise Server
- Novell, Open Enterprise Server
- Novell, OpenSUSE 10.2
- Novell, UnitedLinux 1.0
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 2.1 AS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 2.1 ES
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 2.1 WS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 WS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 ES
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 AS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 Desktop
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 AS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 Desktop
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 WS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 ES
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 5
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 5 Client Workstation
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 5 Client
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux Desktop 5.0
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications 5 Server
- RedHat, Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 Itanium
- SuSE, SuSE Linux 10.0
- SuSE, SuSE Linux 10.1
- SuSE, SuSE Linux 9.3
- SuSE, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8.0
- SuSE, SuSE Linux OpenExchange Server 4
- SuSE, SuSE Linux Retail Solution 8
- SuSE, SuSE Linux School Server
- SuSE, SuSE Linux Standard Server 8
- SuSE, SuSE SLED 10
- SuSE, SuSE SLES 10
- SuSE, SuSE SLES 9
Remedy:
Refer to MFSA 2007-07 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Red Hat Linux (Thunderbird):
Refer to RHSA-2007:0078-2 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Red Hat Linux (Firefox):
Refer to RHSA-2007:0079-2 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Red Hat Linux (Firefox RHEL server and client):
Refer to RHSA-2007:0097-5 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Red Hat Linux (SeaMonkey):
Refer to RHSA-2007:0077-4 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Gentoo Linux (SeaMonkey):
Refer to Gentoo Linux Security Announcement GLSA 200703-08 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Gentoo Linux:
Refer to GLSA 200703-04 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Ubuntu Linux:
Refer to USN-428-2 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Mandriva Linux (Firefox):
Refer to MDKSA-2007:050 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For SUSE Linux (Firefox):
Refer to SUSE-SA:2007:019 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For SUSE Linux (Mozilla):
Refer to SUSE-SA:2007:022 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Debian Linux (mozilla-firefox):
Refer to DSA-1336-1 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For other distributions:
Contact your vendor for upgrade or patch information.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Wed Feb 14 2007 - 16:23:01 CST, Firefox: serious cookie stealing / same-domain bypass vulnerability at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-02/0341.html.
- Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Wed Feb 14 2007 - 17:27:02 CST, Firefox: serious cookie stealing / same-domain bypass vulnerability at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-02/0342.html.
- MFSA 2007-07, Embedded nulls in location.hostname confuse same-domain checks at http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-07.html.
- Mozilla Bugzilla Bug 370445, Zalewski cookie setting / same-domain bypass vulnerability at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=370445.
- ASA-2007-092: SeaMonkey security update (RHSA-2007-0077)
- ASA-2007-095: thunderbird security update (RHSA-2007-0078)
- ASA-2007-114: Firefox security update (RHSA-2007-0079)
- BID-22566: Mozilla Firefox Location.Hostname Dom Property Cookie Theft Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-0981: Mozilla based browsers, including Firefox before 1.5.0.10 and 2.x before 2.0.0.2, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.8, allow remote attackers to bypass the same origin policy, steal cookies, and conduct other attacks by writing a URI with a null byte to the hostname (location.hostname) DOM property, due to interactions with DNS resolver code.
- DSA-1336: mozilla-firefox -- several vulnerabilities
- GLSA-200703-04: Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities
- GLSA-200703-08: SeaMonkey: Multiple vulnerabilities
- MDKSA-2007:050: Updated Firefox packages fix multiple vulnerabilities
- MDKSA-2007:050-1: Updated Firefox packages fix multiple vulnerabilities
- OSVDB ID: 32104: Mozilla Multiple Product location.hostname Null Byte URI Security Bypass
- RHSA-2007-0077: Critical: seamonkey security update
- RHSA-2007-0078: Critical: thunderbird security update
- RHSA-2007-0079: Critical: Firefox security update
- RHSA-2007-0097: Critical: firefox security update
- RHSA-2007-0108: Critical: thunderbird security update
- SA24175: Mozilla Firefox "locations.hostname" DOM Property Handling Vulnerability
- SA24205: Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SA24238: Mozilla SeaMonkey Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1017654: Mozilla Firefox `location.hostname` Property Lets Remote Users Bypass Domain Security Restrictions
- SUSE-SA:2007:019: MozillaFirefox security update 1.5.0.10/2.0.0.2
- SUSE-SA:2007:022: Mozilla security problems
- US-CERT VU#885753: Mozilla browsers "location.hostname" cross-domain vulnerability
- USN-428-1: Firefox vulnerabilities
- USN-428-2: Firefox regression
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-0624: Mozilla Firefox location.hostname Property Handling Cross Domain Scripting Vulnerability
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-0718: Mozilla Products Multiple Remote Code Execution and Security Bypass Vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2008-0083: HP-UX Security Update Fixes Firefox Command Execution Vulnerabilities
Reported:
Feb 14, 2007
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