Description
The NS_SecurityCompareURIs function in netwerk/base/public/nsNetUtil.h in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.16 and 3.6.x before 3.6.13, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.11, does not properly handle (1) about:neterror and (2) about:certerror pages, which allows remote attackers to spoof the location bar via a crafted web site.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 4.3/10
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:NWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052022.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052032.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052502.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052504.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42716
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42818
- http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100124650
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:251
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-83.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0966.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024850
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1019-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0030
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=602780Patch
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12512
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052022.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052032.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052502.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052504.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42716
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42818
- http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100124650
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:251
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-83.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0966.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024850
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1019-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0030
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=602780Patch
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12512
Timeline
- Published
- Dec 10, 2010
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified