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Mozilla Firefox "chrome:" Directory Traversal Security Issue

Secunia Advisory:

SA28622

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Release Date:

2008-01-24

Last Update:

2008-02-12

Popularity:

16,087 views

Critical:

Less critical

Impact:

Security Bypass
Exposure of sensitive information

Where:

From remote

Solution Status:

Vendor Patch

Software:

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.x

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Solution:
Update to version 2.0.0.12.
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/2.0.0.12/releasenotes/#download

Provided and/or discovered by:
Gerry Eisenhaur

Changelog:
2008-02-08: Updated "Solution" and "Original Advisory" sections.
2008-02-12: Added link to US-CERT and CVE reference. Updated "Description" with additional information from moz_bug_r_a4.

Original Advisory:
Mozilla Foundation:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-05.html

http://www.hiredhacker.com/2008/01/19...ome-url-handling-directory-traversal/

Other References:
US-CERT VU#309608:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/309608

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