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MFSA2010-15 Firefox: Asynchronous Auth Prompt attaches to wrong window (CVE-2010-0172)

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MFSA2010-15 Firefox: Asynchronous Auth Prompt attaches to wrong window (CVE-2010-0172)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
03/25/2010
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/14/2012
Modified
07/22/2012

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-firefox-upgrade-3_6_2

References

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