CVE-2009-1312

CVE Details

Release Date:

2009-04-22

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.

See more information about CVE-2009-1312 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	4.3	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	Partial	Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 3 (seamonkey)	ELSA-2009-0437	2009-04-21
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (firefox)	ELSA-2009-0436	2009-04-22
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (seamonkey)	ELSA-2009-0437	2009-04-21
Oracle Linux version 5 (firefox)	ELSA-2009-0436	2009-04-22
Oracle Linux version 5 (xulrunner)	ELSA-2009-0436	2009-04-22

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