CVE-2010-0172
First published: Thu Mar 25 2010(Updated: )
toolkit/components/passwordmgr/src/nsLoginManagerPrompter.js in the asynchronous Authorization Prompt implementation in Mozilla Firefox 3.6 before 3.6.2 does not properly handle concurrent authorization requests from multiple web sites, which might allow remote web servers to spoof an authorization dialog and capture credentials by demanding HTTP authentication in opportunistic circumstances.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla Firefox | =3.6 |
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Reference Links
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-15.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=537862
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38918
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0692
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:070
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8281
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