Description
Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.12 and 3.6.x before 3.6.9, Thunderbird before 3.0.7 and 3.1.x before 3.1.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.7 do not properly restrict read access to the statusText property of XMLHttpRequest objects, which allows remote attackers to discover the existence of intranet web servers via cross-origin requests.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHEL 5 | firefox | 3.6.9-2.el5 | RHSA-2010:0681 |
| RHEL 5 | nspr +1 | 4.8.6-1.el5 | RHSA-2010:0681 |
| RHEL 5 | nss +3 | 3.12.7-2.el5 | RHSA-2010:0681 |
| RHEL 5 | xulrunner +1 | 1.9.2.9-1.el5 | RHSA-2010:0681 |
| RHEL 4 | firefox | 3.6.9-1.el4 | RHSA-2010:0681 |
| RHEL 4 | nspr +1 | 4.8.6-1.el4 | RHSA-2010:0681 |
| RHEL 4 | nss +2 | 3.12.7-1.el4 | RHSA-2010:0681 |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | MozillaFirefox | 50.1.0-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1 |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | MozillaThunderbird | 45.5.1-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1 |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | firefox-esr | 128.5.1-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 |
Advisories 4
- RHSA-2010:0681 Red Hat Security Advisory: firefox security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 28, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1 MozillaThunderbird-45.5.1-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 firefox-esr-128.5.1-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1 MozillaFirefox-50.1.0-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · May 7, 2025
References
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11684 vdb-entry signature
- SUSE-SA:2010:049 vendor-advisory
- http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_mozilla_firefox
- FEDORA-2010-14362 vendor-advisory
- http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100112690
- 42867 third-party-advisory
- firefox-xmlhttprequest-info-disclosure(61662) vdb-entry
- ADV-2011-0061 vdb-entry
- 43104 vdb-entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=552090
- MDVSA-2010:173 vendor-advisory
- ADV-2010-2323 vdb-entry
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-63.html