CVE-2009-1312

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.9 and SeaMonkey 1.1.17 do not block javascript: URIs in Refresh headers in HTTP responses, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via vectors related to (1) injecting a Refresh header or (2) specifying the content of a Refresh header. NOTE: it was later reported that Firefox 3.6 a1 pre and Mozilla 1.7.x and earlier are also affected.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 6.17% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory sun.com Vendor Advisory mozilla.org Vendor Advisory mozilla.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:111 vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00683.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34894 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1125 vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9818 vdb entry signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/34758 third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6131 vdb entry signature
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-22.html vendor advisory
http://websecurity.com.ua/3386/
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022096 vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6064 vdb entry signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/34844 third party advisory
http://ha.ckers.org/blog/20070309/firefox-header-redirection-javascript-execution/
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=475636 patch vendor advisory
http://websecurity.com.ua/3275/
http://secunia.com/advisories/35065 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504723/100/0/threaded mailing list
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6731 vdb entry signature
https://usn.ubuntu.com/764-1/ vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00000.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34656 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504718/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/34843 third party advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0437.html vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0436.html vendor advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-264308-1 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-1312?
CVE-2009-1312 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-1312?
To fix CVE-2009-1312, 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-2009-1312 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2009-1312 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~6% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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