Mozilla Firefox Asynchronous HTTP Authorization Prompt Information Disclosure Vulnerability

BID:38920

Info

Mozilla Firefox Asynchronous HTTP Authorization Prompt Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 38920
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2010-0172
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Mar 23 2010 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 20 2010 09:53PM
Credit: Justin Dolske
Vulnerable: Mozilla Firefox 3.6
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2010.0 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2010.0
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2009.1 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2009.1
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2009.0 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2009.0
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2008.0 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2008.0
MandrakeSoft Enterprise Server 5 x86_64
MandrakeSoft Enterprise Server 5
Not Vulnerable: Mozilla Firefox 3.6.2

Discussion

Mozilla Firefox Asynchronous HTTP Authorization Prompt Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Mozilla Firefox is prone to an information-disclosure vulnerability.

An attacker may exploit this issue to obtain authentication credentials associated with a trusted site. This may lead to other attacks.

Firefox 3.6 is affected by this issue.

NOTE: This issue was previously covered in BID 38918 (Mozilla Firefox Thunderbird and Seamonkey MFSA 2010-09 through -15 Multiple Vulnerabilities), but has been assigned its own record to better document it.

Exploit / POC

Mozilla Firefox Asynchronous HTTP Authorization Prompt Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected]

Solution / Fix

Mozilla Firefox Asynchronous HTTP Authorization Prompt Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for more information.


Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2009.0 x86_64

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2010.0 x86_64

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2008.0 x86_64

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2009.1 x86_64

MandrakeSoft Enterprise Server 5

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2008.0

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2009.0

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2009.1

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2010.0

MandrakeSoft Enterprise Server 5 x86_64
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