Bug 761550 (CVE-2011-4688)

Summary: CVE-2011-4688 firefox: Does not prevent capture of data about the times of Same Origin Policy violations during IFRAME loading
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Jan Lieskovsky <jlieskov>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Description Jan Lieskovsky 2011-12-08 15:25:42 UTC
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2011-4688 to the following vulnerability:

Mozilla Firefox 8.0.1 and earlier does not prevent capture of data about the times of Same Origin Policy violations during IFRAME loading attempts, which makes it easier for remote attackers to determine whether a document exists in the browser cache via crafted JavaScript code.

References:
[1] http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/cachetime/
[2] http://secunia.com/advisories/47090
[3] http://sip.cs.princeton.edu/pub/webtiming.pdf