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Mozilla Products WebGL Information Disclosure Vulnerability July-11 (Windows)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
General
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
4.3
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
12 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
The host is installed with Mozilla Firefox or Thunderbird and is prone to information disclosure vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The flaw is due to an error in WebGL, which allows remote attackers to obtain approximate copies of arbitrary images via a timing attack involving a crafted WebGL fragment shader.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Thunderbird versions before 5.0 Mozilla Firefox versions before 5.0
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to Firefox version 5.0 or later, Upgrade to Thunderbird version 5.0 or later.
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)
References
- http://www.contextis.co.uk/resources/blog/webgl/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=656277
- https://developer.mozilla.org/en/WebGL/Cross-Domain_Textures
- https://hacks.mozilla.org/2011/06/cross-domain-webgl-textures-disabled
- http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html
- http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/