Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey Windows.Location Property HTTP Referer Header Spoofing Weakness

BID:26589

Info

Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey Windows.Location Property HTTP Referer Header Spoofing Weakness

Bugtraq ID: 26589
Class: Race Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2007-5960
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Nov 26 2007 12:00AM
Updated: May 07 2015 05:01PM
Credit: Gregory Fleischer is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.10 sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.10 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.10 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.10 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.04 sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.04 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.04 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.04 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.10 sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.10 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.10 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.10 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS amd64
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP1
SuSE openSUSE 10.3
Slackware Linux 10.2
Slackware Linux 12.0
Slackware Linux 11.0
S.u.S.E. openSUSE 10.2
S.u.S.E. Linux 10.1 x86-64
S.u.S.E. Linux 10.1 x86
S.u.S.E. Linux 10.0 x86-64
S.u.S.E. Linux 10.0 x86
rPath rPath Linux 1
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 4
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 3
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
RedHat Enterprise Linux Virtualization 5 server
RedHat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Application 5 server
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 4.6.z
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 4.5.z
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 4
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 3
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation 5 client
RedHat Desktop 4.0
RedHat Desktop 3.0
RedHat Advanced Workstation for the Itanium Processor 2.1
Red Hat Fedora 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 client
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4.6.z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4.5.z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server
Netscape Navigator 9.0 1
Netscape Navigator 9.0.0.3
Netscape Navigator 9.0.0.2
Netscape Navigator 9.0
Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.1.6
Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.1.5
Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.1.4
Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.1.3
Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.1.2
Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.1.1
Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0.99
Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0.9
Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0.8
Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0.7
Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0.6
Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0.5
Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0.3
Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0.2
Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0.1
Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.1 beta
Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0 dev
Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0
Mozilla Firefox 2.0 .9
Mozilla Firefox 2.0 .8
Mozilla Firefox 2.0 .7
Mozilla Firefox 2.0 .6
Mozilla Firefox 2.0 .5
Mozilla Firefox 2.0 .4
Mozilla Firefox 2.0 .3
Mozilla Firefox 2.0 .1
Mozilla Firefox 1.5 beta 2
Mozilla Firefox 1.5 beta 1
Mozilla Firefox 1.5 12
Mozilla Firefox 1.5 .8
Mozilla Firefox 1.5
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.2
Mozilla Firefox 2.0 RC3
Mozilla Firefox 2.0 RC2
Mozilla Firefox 2.0 beta 1
Mozilla Firefox 2.0
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.9
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.7
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.6
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.5
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.4
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.3
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.2
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.11
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.10
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.1
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2008.0 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2008.0
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2007.1 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2007.1
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2007.0 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2007.0
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0 x86_64
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0 x86_64
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0
Gentoo Linux
Foresight Linux Foresight Linux 1.1
Debian Linux 4.0 sparc
Debian Linux 4.0 s/390
Debian Linux 4.0 powerpc
Debian Linux 4.0 mipsel
Debian Linux 4.0 mips
Debian Linux 4.0 m68k
Debian Linux 4.0 ia-64
Debian Linux 4.0 ia-32
Debian Linux 4.0 hppa
Debian Linux 4.0 arm
Debian Linux 4.0 amd64
Debian Linux 4.0 alpha
Avaya Messaging Storage Server MM3.0
Avaya Messaging Application Server MM 3.1
Avaya Intuity AUDIX LX 2.0
Not Vulnerable: Netscape Navigator 9.0.0.4
Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.1.7
Mozilla Firefox 2.0 .10

Discussion

Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey Windows.Location Property HTTP Referer Header Spoofing Weakness

Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey are prone to a weakness that allows an attacker to spoof HTTP Referer headers. This issue stems from a race condition in the affected application. The weakness arises because of a small timing difference when using a modal 'alert()' dialog, which allows users to generate fake HTTP Referer headers.

An attacker can exploit this issue to spoof HTTP referer headers. This may cause other security mechanisms that rely on this data to fail or to return misleading information.

This issue affects versions prior to Mozilla FireFox 2.0.0.10 and Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.1.7.

Exploit / POC

Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey Windows.Location Property HTTP Referer Header Spoofing Weakness

Specific exploit code will depend on the site being compromised. An attacker can most likely exploit this issue by tricking an unsuspecting victim into visiting a malicious page.

Solution / Fix

Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey Windows.Location Property HTTP Referer Header Spoofing Weakness

Solution:
The vendor released updates to address this issue. Please see the references for more information.


Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.3

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.2

Mozilla Firefox 2.0 beta 1

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.1

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.5

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.7

Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.1 beta

Netscape Navigator 9.0

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.6

Netscape Navigator 9.0.0.3

Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0.1

Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0.2

Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0.7

Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0.8

Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0.9

Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0.99

Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.1.3

Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.1.4

Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.1.5

Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.1.6

Mozilla Firefox 1.5 12

Mozilla Firefox 1.5 .8

Mozilla Firefox 1.5

Mozilla Firefox 1.5 beta 2

Mozilla Firefox 2.0 .6

Mozilla Firefox 2.0 .1

Mozilla Firefox 2.0 .9

Mozilla Firefox 2.0 .5

Mozilla Firefox 2.0 .8

Netscape Navigator 9.0 1

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