First published: Sun Feb 21 2010(Updated: )
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x before 3.0.18 and 3.5.x before 3.5.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.3, does not properly restrict read access to object properties in showModalDialog, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via crafted dialogArguments values.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Mozilla Firefox | =3.5.3 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =3.0.7 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =3.0.9 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =3.5.6 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =3.0.8 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.0-alpha_2 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =3.5 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =3.5.5 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =3.0.4 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.0-rc2 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.0-alpha_3 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =3.5.4 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =3.5.7 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =3.0.5 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =3.5.1 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =3.0.14 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =3.5.2 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.0-beta_2 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =3.0.10 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.0-alpha_1 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =3.0.12 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =3.0.3 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =3.0.6 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =3.0.15 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =3.0 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =3.0.1 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.0-beta_1 | |
Mozilla Firefox | <=3.0.17 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =3.0.2 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.0-rc1 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =3.0.13 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.0 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =3.0.11 |
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CVE-2009-3988 has been classified as a moderate severity vulnerability.
To fix CVE-2009-3988, update to Mozilla Firefox version 3.0.18, 3.5.8, or later, or to SeaMonkey version 2.0.3 or later.
CVE-2009-3988 allows attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy, leading to potential cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
CVE-2009-3988 affects Mozilla Firefox versions 3.0.1 through 3.0.17 and 3.5.* versions prior to 3.5.8, as well as certain versions of SeaMonkey.
There is no specific workaround for CVE-2009-3988 aside from updating to a secure version of the affected software.