Bug 1779433 (CVE-2019-17009)

Summary:	CVE-2019-17009 Mozilla: Updater temporary files accessible to unprivileged processes
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Doran Moppert <dmoppert>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	cschalle, gecko-bugs-nobody, jhorak, stransky
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OS:	Linux
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Bug Blocks:	1777115

Description Doran Moppert 2019-12-04 00:35:58 UTC

When running, the updater service wrote status and log files to an unrestricted location; potentially allowing an unprivileged process to locate and exploit a vulnerability in file handling in the updater service.



External Reference:

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2019-37/#CVE-2019-17009

Comment 1 Doran Moppert 2019-12-04 00:36:01 UTC

Acknowledgments:

Name: the Mozilla project
Upstream: Robert Strong