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Mozilla Firefox Security Advisory (MFSA2012-02) - Linux
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
This host is missing a security update for Mozilla Firefox.
Insight
Insight
Overly permissive IPv6 literal syntax For historical reasons Firefox has been generous in its interpretation of web addresses containing square brackets around the host. If this host was not a valid IPv6 literal address, Firefox attempted to interpret the host as a regular domain name. Gregory Fleischer reported that requests made using IPv6 syntax using XMLHttpRequest objects through a proxy may generate errors depending on proxy configuration for IPv6. The resulting error messages from the proxy may disclose sensitive data because Same-Origin Policy (SOP) will allow the XMLHttpRequest object to read these error messages, allowing user privacy to be eroded. Firefox now enforces RFC 3986 IPv6 literal syntax and that may break links written using the non-standard Firefox-only forms that were previously accepted.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Firefox version(s) below 3.6.26 and below 7.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
The vendor has released an update. Please see the reference(s) for more information.