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CVE-2012-0475 Detail

Description

Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 11.0, Thunderbird 5.0 through 11.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.9 do not properly construct the Origin and Sec-WebSocket-Origin HTTP headers, which might allow remote attackers to bypass an IPv6 literal ACL via a cross-site (1) XMLHttpRequest or (2) WebSocket operation involving a nonstandard port number and an IPv6 address that contains certain zero fields.


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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink Resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/48972
http://secunia.com/advisories/48972
http://secunia.com/advisories/49047
http://secunia.com/advisories/49047
http://secunia.com/advisories/49055
http://secunia.com/advisories/49055
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-28.html Vendor Advisory 
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-28.html Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53230
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53230
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=694576
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=694576
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75153
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75153
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16279
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16279

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-0475
NVD Published Date:
04/25/2012
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
MITRE