CVE-2011-2999

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.23 and 4.x through 5, Thunderbird before 6.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.3 do not properly handle "location" as the name of a frame, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy via a crafted web site, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-0170.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.72% Top 30%
Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory debian.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-2011:139 vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=665548
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2312 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/46315 third party advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-38.html vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1341.html vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:141 vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-11/msg00020.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-10/msg00002.html vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2317 vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:140 vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14252 vdb entry signature
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2313 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2011-2999?
CVE-2011-2999 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2011-2999?
To fix CVE-2011-2999, 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-2011-2999 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2011-2999 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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