Mozilla Firefox Location.Hostname DOM Property Cookie Theft

Publish date: February 15, 2011
  Severity: HIGH
  CVE Identifier: CVE-2007-0981
  Advisory Date: FEB 15, 2011

  DESCRIPTION

 Mozilla based browsers, including Firefox before 1.5.0.10 and 2.x before 2.0.0.2, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.8, allow remote attackers to bypass the same origin policy, steal cookies, and conduct other attacks by writing a URI with a null byte to the hostname (location.hostname) DOM property, due to interactions with DNS resolver code.

  TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION

Trend Micro Deep Security shields networks through Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) rules. Trend Micro customers using OfficeScan with Intrusion Defense Firewall (IDF) plugin are also protected from attacks using these vulnerabilities. Please refer to the filter number and filter name when applying appropriate DPI and/or IDF rules.

  SOLUTION

  Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Number: 1000971
  Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Name: 1000971 - Mozilla Firefox Location.Hostname DOM Property Cookie Theft

  AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION

  • Mozilla Firefox 0.10
  • Mozilla Firefox 0.10.1
  • Mozilla Firefox 0.8
  • Mozilla Firefox 0.9
  • Mozilla Firefox 0.9.1
  • Mozilla Firefox 0.9.2
  • Mozilla Firefox 0.9.3
  • Mozilla Firefox 1.0
  • Mozilla Firefox 1.0.1
  • Mozilla Firefox 1.0.2
  • Mozilla Firefox 1.0.3
  • Mozilla Firefox 1.0.4
  • Mozilla Firefox 1.0.5
  • Mozilla Firefox 1.0.6
  • Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7
  • Mozilla Firefox 1.0.8
  • Mozilla Firefox 1.5
  • Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.1
  • Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.2
  • Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.3
  • Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.4
  • Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.5
  • Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.6
  • Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.7
  • Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.8
  • Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.9
  • Mozilla Firefox 1.5.1
  • Mozilla Firefox 1.5.2
  • Mozilla Firefox 1.5.3
  • Mozilla Firefox 1.5.4
  • Mozilla Firefox 1.5.5
  • Mozilla Firefox 1.5.6
  • Mozilla Firefox 1.5.7
  • Mozilla Firefox 1.5.8
  • Mozilla Firefox 2.0
  • Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.1
  • Mozilla Firefox Preview Release
  • Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0
  • Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0.1
  • Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0.2
  • Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0.3
  • Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0.4
  • Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0.5
  • Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0.6
  • Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0.7

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