Bug 1632062 (CVE-2018-12385)

Summary: CVE-2018-12385 Mozilla: Crash in TransportSecurityInfo due to cached data
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Doran Moppert <dmoppert>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: cschalle, gecko-bugs-nobody, jhorak, stransky
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Bug Depends On: 1623037, 1623039, 1623040, 1632064, 1632065, 1632532, 1632968, 1636821    
Bug Blocks: 1632061, 1636820    

Description Doran Moppert 2018-09-24 02:25:39 UTC 
A potentially exploitable crash in `TransportSecurityInfo` used for SSL can be triggered by data stored in the local cache in the user profile directory. This issue is only exploitable in combination with another vulnerability allowing an attacker to write data into the local cache or from locally installed malware. This issue also triggers a non-exploitable startup crash for users switching between the Nightly and Release versions of Firefox if the same profile is used.



External Reference:

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-23/#CVE-2018-12385
Comment 1 Doran Moppert 2018-09-24 02:25:49 UTC 
Acknowledgments:

Name: the Mozilla project
Upstream: Philipp
Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2018-09-27 20:38:41 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2018:2834 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2834
Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2018-09-27 20:44:38 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2018:2835 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2835
Comment 8 Doran Moppert 2018-10-09 01:58:59 UTC 
Statement:

This flaw cannot be exploited through email in Thunderbird as scripting is disabled in this for email content. It may be possible to exploit through Feeds (Atom or RSS) or other browser-like contexts.
Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2018-10-30 16:58:28 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2018:3403 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3403
Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2018-11-05 10:44:19 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2018:3458 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3458