Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey jar: URI cross-site scripting
| firefox-jar-uri-xss (38356) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of jar: URIs. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted jar: URL to execute script in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the URL is clicked. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.
This vulnerability is only exploitable on Web sites that allow users to upload image, archive, and certain other file types.
Platforms Affected:
- Canonical, Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
- Canonical, Ubuntu 6.10
- Canonical, Ubuntu 7.04
- Canonical, Ubuntu 7.10
- Debian, Debian Linux 4.0
- Gentoo, Linux
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2007
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2007 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2007.1
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2007.1 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2008.0
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2008.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0 X86_64
- Mozilla, Firefox 2.0
- Mozilla, Firefox 2.0.0.1
- Mozilla, Firefox 2.0.0.2
- Mozilla, Firefox 2.0.0.3
- Mozilla, Firefox 2.0.0.4
- Mozilla, Firefox 2.0.0.5
- Mozilla, Firefox 2.0.0.6
- Mozilla, Firefox 2.0.0.7
- Mozilla, Firefox 2.0.0.8
- Mozilla, Firefox 2.0.0.9
- Mozilla, SeaMonkey 1.1.0
- Mozilla, SeaMonkey 1.1.1
- Mozilla, SeaMonkey 1.1.2
- Mozilla, SeaMonkey 1.1.3
- Mozilla, SeaMonkey 1.1.4
- Mozilla, SeaMonkey 1.1.5
- Mozilla, SeaMonkey 1.1.6
- Novell, Linux Desktop 9
- Novell, OpenSUSE 10.2
- Novell, OpenSUSE 10.3
- Novell, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP1
- Novell, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1
- Novell, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
- 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 Desktop
- 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, Enterprise Linux 4.5.z ES
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4.5.z AS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 5
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 5 Client
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 5 Client Workstation
- 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
- Turbolinux, Turbolinux 11 Server
- Turbolinux, Turbolinux 11 Server x64 Ed
- Turbolinux, Turbolinux FUJI
- Turbolinux, Turbolinux wizpy
Remedy:
For Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey:
Refer to MFSA 2007-37 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For other distributions:
Apply the appropriate update for your system. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- Bugzilla@Mozilla ¿ Bug 369814, (jarxss) ¿ jar: protocol is an XSS hazard due to ignoring mime type and being considered same-origin with hosting site at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=369814.
- Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Thu Nov 08 2007 - 18:16:45 CST, JAR: protocol vulnerability in Firefox, word processing applications reported at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-11/0210.html.
- GNUCITIZEN Blog, November 7th, 2007, Web Mayhem: Firefox¿s JAR: Protocol issues at http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/web-mayhem-firefoxs-jar-protocol-issues.
- MFSA 2007-37, jar: URI scheme XSS hazard at http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-37.html.
- Netscape Web site, Release Notes: What's New in Netscape Navigator 9.0.0.4 at http://browser.netscape.com/releasenotes/#whatsnew.
- Sun Alert ID: 231441, Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in Solaris 10 Firefox and Thunderbird at http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-231441-1.
- ASA-2007-492: seamonkey security update (RHSA-2007-1084)
- ASA-2007-494: Firefox security update (RHSA-2007-1082)
- ASA-2007-536: thunderbird security update (RHSA-2007-1083)
- ASA-2008-085: Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in Solaris 10 Firefox and Thunderbird (Sun 231441)
- BID-26385: Mozilla Firefox Jar URI Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-5947: The jar protocol handler in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.10 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.7 retrieves the inner URL regardless of its MIME type, and considers HTML documents within a jar archive to have the same origin as the inner URL, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a jar: URI.
- CVE-2007-6589: The jar protocol handler in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.10 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.7 does not update the origin domain when retrieving the inner URL parameter yields an HTTP redirect, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a jar: URI, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-5947.
- DSA-1424: iceweasel -- several vulnerabilities
- DSA-1425: xulrunner -- several vulnerabilities
- FrSIRT/ADV-2007-3818: Mozilla Firefox JAR Protocol Client-Side Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
- FrSIRT/ADV-2007-4002: Mozilla Products Memory Corruption and Cross-site Request Forgery Issues
- FrSIRT/ADV-2007-4018: Netscape Browser Security Update Fixes Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
- FrSIRT/ADV-2008-0083: HP-UX Security Update Fixes Firefox Command Execution Vulnerabilities
- FrSIRT/ADV-2008-0643: Sun Solaris Firefox and Thunderbird Code Execution Vulnerabilities
- GLSA-200712-21: Mozilla Firefox, SeaMonkey: Multiple vulnerabilities
- MDKSA-2007:246: Updated Firefox packages fix multiple vulnerabilities
- RHSA-2007-1082: Critical: firefox security update
- RHSA-2007-1083: Moderate: thunderbird security update
- RHSA-2007-1084: Critical: seamonkey security update
- SA27605: Mozilla Firefox "jar:" Protocol Handling Cross-Site Scripting Security Issue
- SA27800: Netscape Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SA27816: SeaMonkey Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1018928: Mozilla Firefox Input Validation Hole in jar: Protocol Handler Permits Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
- SUSE-SA:2007:066: Mozilla Firefox security update
- US-CERT VU#715737: Mozilla-based browsers jar: URI cross-site scripting vulnerability
- USN-546-1: Firefox vulnerabilities
- USN-546-2: Firefox regression
Reported:
Nov 07, 2007
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