CVE-2009-3017 Information

Description

Orca Browser 1.2 build 5 does not properly block data: URIs in Refresh and Location headers in HTTP responses which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via vectors related to (1) injecting a Refresh header that contains JavaScript sequences in a data:text/html URI (2) entering a data:text/html URI with JavaScript sequences when specifying the content of a Refresh header (3) injecting a Location header that contains JavaScript sequences in a data:text/html URI or (4) entering a data:text/html URI with JavaScript sequences when specifying the content of a Location header; and does not properly handle javascript: URIs in HTML links within 302 error documents sent from web servers which allows user-assisted remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via vectors related to (5) injecting a Location HTTP response header or (6) specifying the content of a Location HTTP response header.

Reference

http://websecurity.com.ua/3386/ http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506163/100/0/threaded https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53002