CVE-2011-3001
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Description
Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 6, Thunderbird before 7.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.4 do not prevent manual add-on installation in response to the holding of the Enter key, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted web site that triggers an unspecified internal error.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-11/msg00020.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-10/msg00002.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:139
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:140
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:141
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