Bug 1518566 (CVE-2017-7843)
Summary: | CVE-2017-7843 Mozilla: Web worker in Private Browsing mode can write IndexedDB data | ||
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Product: | [Other] Security Response | Reporter: | Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala <huzaifas> |
Component: | vulnerability | Assignee: | Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team> |
Status: | CLOSED ERRATA | QA Contact: | |
Severity: | high | Docs Contact: | |
Priority: | high | ||
Version: | unspecified | CC: | jhorak, security-response-team, stransky |
Target Milestone: | --- | Keywords: | Security |
Target Release: | --- | ||
Hardware: | All | ||
OS: | Linux | ||
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Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | If docs needed, set a value | |
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A privacy flaw was discovered in Firefox. In Private Browsing mode, a web worker could write persistent data to IndexedDB, which was not cleared when exiting and would persist across multiple sessions. A malicious website could exploit the flaw to bypass private-browsing protections and uniquely fingerprint visitors.
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Last Closed: | 2017-12-05 06:08:55 UTC | Type: | --- |
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oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
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Bug Depends On: | 1518567, 1518568, 1518569, 1518570 | ||
Bug Blocks: | 1518574 |
Description
Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala
2017-11-29 08:32:30 UTC
External References: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-27/#CVE-2017-7843 Acknowledgments: Name: the Mozilla project Upstream: Konark This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Via RHSA-2017:3382 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3382 |