Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.26 and 4.x through 6.0, Thunderbird before 3.1.18 and 5.0 through 6.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.4 do not properly enforce the IPv6 literal address syntax, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by making XMLHttpRequest calls through a proxy and reading the error messages.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2400-1 iceweasel security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2402-1 iceape security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2406-1 icedove security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-3629 Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.26 and 4.x through 6.0, Thunderbird before 3.1.18 and 5.0 through 6.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.4 do not properly enforce the IPv6 literal address syntax, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by making XMLHttpRequest calls through a proxy and reading the error messages.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1350-1 Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1353-1 Xulrunnner vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T23:46:02.636Z

Reserved: 2011-09-23T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2011-3670

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2012-02-01T16:55:00.867

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2011-3670

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2012-01-31T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2011-3670 - Bugzilla

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