Multiple Mozilla products LiveConnect unauthorized access
| mozilla-liveconnect-unauthorized-access (41458) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Multiple Mozilla products, including Firefox and SeaMonkey could allow a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to the system. The origin content passed from the browser to the Java plugin is assumed to originate from a local file, allowing a connection to the local system. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using LiveConnect to gain unauthorized access to arbitrary ports on the victim's system.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 5 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | None |
| Temporal Score: | 3.7 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Refer to MFSA 2008-18 for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information. See References.
References:
- MFSA 2008-18: Java socket connection to any local port via LiveConnect.
- Mozilla Web site: The SeaMonkey Project.
- Mozilla Web site: Firefox - Rediscover the Web.
- BID-28448: Mozilla Thunderbird/Seamonkey/Firefox 2.0.0.12 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2008-1240: LiveConnect in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.13 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.9 does not properly parse the content origin for jar: URIs before sending them to the Java plugin, which allows remote attackers to access arbitrary ports on the local machine. NOTE: this is closely related to CVE-2008-1195.
- DSA-1532: xulrunner -- several vulnerabilities
- DSA-1534: iceape -- several vulnerabilities
- DSA-1535: iceweasel -- several vulnerabilities
- MDVSA-2008:080: Updated Firefox packages fix multiple vulnerabilities
- SA29526: Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SA29547: Mozilla SeaMonkey Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SA30620: Sun Solaris Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities
- 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-2008-1793: 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
- 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 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0
- Mozilla Firefox 2.0 Beta1
- Mozilla Firefox 2.0 rc2
- Mozilla Firefox 2.0 rc3
- Mozilla Firefox 2.0 Beta2
- Mozilla Firefox 2.0
- Mozilla Firefox 2.0 rc1
- 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
Reported:
Mar 25, 2008
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