Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey window.location HTTP Referer spoofing
| mozilla-http-referer-spoofing (38644) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey could allow a remote attacker to spoof HTTP Referer headers, caused by a race condition that exists when setting the window.location property. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to launch cross-site request forgery attacks against Web sites that utilize the Referer header to protect against these types of attacks.
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:
Refer to MFSA 2007-39 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For other distributions:
Apply the appropriate update for your system. See References.
Consequences:
Bypass Security
References:
- MFSA 2007-39, Referer-spoofing via window.location race condition at http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-39.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-26589: Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey Windows.Location Property HTTP Referer Header Spoofing Weakness
- CVE-2007-5960: Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.10 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.7 sets the Referer header to the window or frame in which script is running, instead of the address of the content that initiated the script, which allows remote attackers to spoof HTTP Referer headers and bypass Referer-based CSRF protection schemes by setting window.location and using a modal alert dialog that causes the wrong Referer to be sent.
- DSA-1424: iceweasel -- several vulnerabilities
- DSA-1425: xulrunner -- several vulnerabilities
- 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
- SA27725: Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SA27800: Netscape Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SA27816: SeaMonkey Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1018995: Mozilla Firefox Referer Header Spoofing Bug Permits Cross-Site Request Forgery Attacks
- SUSE-SA:2007:066: Mozilla Firefox security update
- USN-546-1: Firefox vulnerabilities
- USN-546-2: Firefox regression
Reported:
Nov 26, 2007
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