CVE-2007-0981

Public Exploit

Description

Mozilla based browsers, including Firefox before 1.5.0.10 and 2.x before 2.0.0.2, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.8, allow remote attackers to bypass the same origin policy, steal cookies, and conduct other attacks by writing a URI with a null byte to the hostname (location.hostname) DOM property, due to interactions with DNS resolver code.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 36.81% Top 5%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0078.html vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=370445 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24395 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/32104 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461336/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/24328 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0108.html vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-04.xml vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/460126/100/200/threaded mailing list
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200703-08.xml vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/460217/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.374851 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24384 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32533 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/24457 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24343 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1336 vendor advisory
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742 vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9730 vdb entry signature
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0718 vdb entry
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/885753 third party advisory us government resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/24650 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-428-1 vendor advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2262 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24320 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25588 third party advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1103
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Mar/0001.html vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461809/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_22_mozilla.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24293 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24238 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24393 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24342 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24287 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2713 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24175 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22566 vdb entry
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0097.html vendor advisory
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2728 vendor advisory
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070301-01-P.asc vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24205 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1081
http://secunia.com/advisories/24333 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:050 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24290 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017654 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/24455 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-07.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0077.html vendor advisory
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070202-01-P.asc vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0624 vdb entry
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.338131 vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0079.html vendor advisory
http://lcamtuf.dione.cc/ffhostname.html exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/24437 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-0981?
CVE-2007-0981 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-0981?
To fix CVE-2007-0981, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-0981 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2007-0981 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~37% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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