Multiple Mozilla products HTTP Referrer spoofing

mozilla-http-referrer-spoofing (41449) The risk level is classified as MediumMedium Risk

Description:

Multiple Mozilla products, including Firefox and SeaMonkey could allow a remote attacker to conduct spoofing attacks, caused by the improper handling of HTTP "Referer:" headers. By sending a specially-crafted request with Basic Authentication credentials containing an empty username value which causes the browser to remove leading characters from the referrer hostname, a remote attacker could bypass cross-site request forgery filters and spoof the HTTP Referer (sic) value.

*CVSS:

Base Score: 5
  Access Vector: Network
  Access Complexity: Low
  Authentication: None
  Confidentiality Impact: None
  Integrity Impact: Partial
  Availability Impact: None
 
Temporal Score: 3.7
  Exploitability: Unproven
  Remediation Level: Official-Fix
  Report Confidence: Confirmed

Consequences:

Gain Access

Remedy:

Refer to MFSA 2008-16 for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information. See References.

For other distributions:
Apply the appropriate update for your system. See References.

References:

  • MFSA 2008-16: HTTP Referrer spoofing with malformed URLs.
  • Sun Alert ID: 238492: Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in Solaris 10 Firefox may Allow Execution of Arbitrary Code and Access to Unauthorized Data .
  • ASA-2008-142: firefox security update (RHSA-2008-0207)
  • ASA-2008-143: seamonkey security update (RHSA-2008-0208)
  • ASA-2008-146: thunderbird security update (RHSA-2008-0209)
  • BID-28448: Mozilla Thunderbird/Seamonkey/Firefox 2.0.0.12 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
  • CVE-2008-1238: Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.13 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.9, when generating the HTTP Referer header, does not list the entire URL when it contains Basic Authentication credentials without a username, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass application protection mechanisms that rely on Referer headers, such as with some Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) mechanisms.
  • DSA-1532: xulrunner -- several vulnerabilities
  • DSA-1534: iceape -- several vulnerabilities
  • DSA-1535: iceweasel -- several vulnerabilities
  • MDVSA-2008:080: Updated Firefox packages fix multiple vulnerabilities
  • RHSA-2008-0207: Critical: firefox security update
  • RHSA-2008-0208: Critical: seamonkey security update
  • RHSA-2008-0209: Moderate: thunderbird security update
  • SA29526: Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • SA29547: Mozilla SeaMonkey Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • SA30620: Sun Solaris Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • SECTRACK ID: 1019703: Mozilla Firefox URL Bug Lets Remote Users Spoof HTTP Referer Values in Certain Cases
  • SUSE-SA:2008:019: Mozilla Firefox security update
  • USN-592-1: Firefox vulnerabilities
  • VUPEN/ADV-2008-0998: Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey Multiple Remote Code Execution Issues
  • VUPEN/ADV-2008-0999: Mozilla Thunderbird Code Execution and Cross Site Scripting Issues
  • VUPEN/ADV-2008-1793: Sun Security Update Fixes Firefox Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities

Platforms Affected:

  • Canonical Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
  • Canonical Ubuntu 6.10
  • Canonical Ubuntu 7.04
  • Canonical Ubuntu 7.10
  • Debian Debian Linux 4.0
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2007.1
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2007.1 X86_64
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2008.0 X86_64
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2008.0
  • 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 2.0 rc2
  • Mozilla Firefox 2.0
  • Mozilla Firefox 2.0 rc1
  • Mozilla Firefox 2.0 Beta2
  • Mozilla Firefox 2.0 rc3
  • Mozilla Firefox 2.0 Beta1
  • Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.1
  • Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.10
  • Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.11
  • Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.12
  • 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
  • Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.1 Beta
  • 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
  • Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.1.7
  • Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.1.8
  • Novell Linux Desktop 9
  • Novell OpenSUSE 10.2
  • Novell OpenSUSE 10.3
  • Novell SLE SDK 10 SP1
  • Novell SLE SDK 10
  • 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 Desktop
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 WS
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 ES
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 AS
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 WS
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 AS
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 ES
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 Desktop
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 5 Client
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 5 Client Workstation
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 5
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications 5 Server
  • RedHat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 Itanium
  • Sun OpenSolaris 2008.5 SPARC
  • Sun OpenSolaris 2008.5 x86
  • Sun Solaris 10 SPARC
  • Sun Solaris 10 x86

Reported:

Mar 25, 2008

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