Bug 1590493 (CVE-2017-7762)

Summary:	CVE-2017-7762 Mozilla: address bar username and password spoofing in reader mode
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Laura Pardo <lpardo>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	cschalle, dmoppert, gecko-bugs-nobody, jhorak, stransky
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	firefox 54	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
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Last Closed:	2019-06-10 10:28:47 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	1590495, 1590694, 1590696, 1590697, 1591001
Bug Blocks:	1590497

Description Laura Pardo 2018-06-12 16:58:17 UTC

A flaw was found in Firefox versions before 54. When entered directly, Reader Mode did not strip the username and password section of URLs displayed in the address bar. This can be used for spoofing the domain of the current page.


References:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1358248
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/

Patch:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=8868506&action=diff

Comment 3 Scott Gayou 2018-06-13 21:15:18 UTC

Statement:

Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having a security impact of Moderate, and a future update may address this flaw.

Comment 6 Doran Moppert 2018-06-28 05:58:13 UTC

External References:

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2018-06-28 16:18:13 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2018:2112 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2112

Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2018-06-28 16:19:37 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2018:2113 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2113