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TITLE:
Mozilla Firefox Cache Objects History Enumeration Weakness

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA47090

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RELEASE DATE:
2011-12-06

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DESCRIPTION:
A weakness has been discovered in Mozilla Firefox, which can be
exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information.

The weakness is caused due to an error when handling cache objects
and can be exploited to enumerate visited sites.

The weakness is confirmed in version 8.0.1. Other versions may also
be affected.

SOLUTION:
Enable "Private Browsing" when browsing untrusted websites.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Originally discussed by Edward W. Felten and Michael A. Schneider,
Princeton University.

Additional information and proof provided by Michal Zalewski.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Edward W. Felten and Michael A. Schneider:
http://sip.cs.princeton.edu/pub/webtiming.pdf

Michal Zalewski:
http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/cachetime/

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