Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 6, Thunderbird before 7.0, and SeaMonkey...
Vulnerability Description
Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 6, Thunderbird before 7.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.4 do not prevent manual add-on installation in response to the holding of the Enter key, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted web site that triggers an unspecified internal error.
Impact Analysis
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Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:139
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46315
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14442
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-40.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:141
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=672485
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:142
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-11/msg00020.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-10/msg00002.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:140
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