Bug 1277351 (CVE-2015-7197)

Summary: CVE-2015-7197 Mozilla: Mixed content WebSocket policy bypass through workers (MFSA 2015-132)
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala <huzaifas>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: cschalle, jhorak, security-response-team, stransky
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Description Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2015-11-03 06:05:59 UTC 
Mozilla developer Ehsan Akhgari reported a mechanism through which a web worker could be used to bypass secure requirements for WebSockets when workers are used to create WebSockets. This allows for the bypassing of mixed content WebSocket policy. 


External Reference:

https://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-132.html


Acknowledgements:

Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Ehsan Akhgari as the original reporter.
Comment 1 errata-xmlrpc 2015-11-04 12:12:24 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Via RHSA-2015:1982 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1982.html
Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2015-11-26 13:41:55 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2015:2519 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2519.html