Bug 2030109 (CVE-2021-43538)

Summary: CVE-2021-43538 Mozilla: Missing fullscreen and pointer lock notification when requesting both
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Doran Moppert <dmoppert>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact:
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Priority: high    
Version: unspecifiedCC: erack, jhorak, nobody, stransky, tpopela
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Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: firefox 91.4.0, thunderbird 91.4.0 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: By misusing a race in our notification code, an attacker could have forcefully hidden the notification for pages that had received full screen and pointer lock access, which could have been used for spoofing attacks.
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Last Closed: 2021-12-08 11:05:29 UTC Type: ---
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Bug Depends On: 2029262, 2029263, 2029264, 2029265, 2029266, 2029267, 2029268, 2029274, 2029735, 2029736, 2029737, 2029738, 2029739, 2029740    
Bug Blocks: 2029260    

Description Doran Moppert 2021-12-08 02:35:39 UTC
By misusing a race in our notification code, an attacker could have forcefully hidden the notification for pages that had received full screen and pointer lock access, which could have been used for spoofing attacks.



External Reference:

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-53/#CVE-2021-43538

Comment 1 errata-xmlrpc 2021-12-08 10:00:13 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Via RHSA-2021:5017 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:5017

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2021-12-08 10:09:17 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2021:5013 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:5013

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2021-12-08 10:11:24 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2021:5015 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:5015

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2021-12-08 10:11:53 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2021:5016 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:5016

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2021-12-08 10:26:54 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2021:5014 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:5014

Comment 6 Product Security DevOps Team 2021-12-08 11:05:27 UTC
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-43538

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2021-12-09 12:36:29 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2021:5047 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:5047

Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2021-12-09 12:37:52 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2021:5045 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:5045

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2021-12-09 12:38:20 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2021:5048 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:5048

Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2021-12-09 12:53:15 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2021:5046 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:5046

Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2021-12-09 14:43:53 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Via RHSA-2021:5055 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:5055