Release date: 2011-12-05
Updated on: 2011-12-06
Affected Systems:
Mozilla Firefox 4.x
Mozilla Firefox 3.x
Description:
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Bugtraq id: 50909
Firefox is a very popular open-source WEB browser.
Firefox has an information leakage vulnerability. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to access sensitive information.
<* Source: Michal zarewski (lcamtuf@echelon.pl)
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Test method:
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Alert
The following procedures (methods) may be offensive and are intended only for security research and teaching. Users are at your own risk!
Http://www.securityfocus.com/data/vulnerabilities/exploits/50909.zip
Suggestion:
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Vendor patch:
Mozilla
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The vendor has released a patch to fix this security problem. Please download it from the vendor's homepage:
Http://www.mozilla.org/security/