CVE-2009-0355 Information

Description

components/sessionstore/src/nsSessionStore.js in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.6 does not block changes of INPUT elements to type=\file\ during tab restoration which allows user-assisted remote attackers to read arbitrary files on a client machine via a crafted INPUT element.

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00001.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0256.html http://secunia.com/advisories/33799 http://secunia.com/advisories/33808 http://secunia.com/advisories/33809 http://secunia.com/advisories/33816 http://secunia.com/advisories/33831 http://secunia.com/advisories/33841 http://secunia.com/advisories/33846 http://secunia.com/advisories/33869 http://secunia.com/advisories/34324 http://secunia.com/advisories/34417 http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-040.htm http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:044 http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-03.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0257.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0258.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33598 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021665 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-717-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-717-2 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0313 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=466937 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A9161 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-February/msg00240.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00769.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00771.html