Bug 877616 (CVE-2012-4201)

Summary: CVE-2012-4201 Mozilla: evalInSanbox location context incorrectly applied (MFSA 2012-93)
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala <huzaifas>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact:
Severity: medium Docs Contact:
Priority: medium    
Version: unspecifiedCC: gecko-bugs-nobody, jhorak, maurizio, security-response-team, stransky
Target Milestone: ---Keywords: Security
Target Release: ---   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard:
Fixed In Version: Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Story Points: ---
Clone Of: Environment:
Last Closed: 2013-01-16 17:06:24 UTC Type: ---
Regression: --- Mount Type: ---
Documentation: --- CRM:
Verified Versions: Category: ---
oVirt Team: --- RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
Cloudforms Team: --- Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:
Bug Depends On:    
Bug Blocks: 873088    

Description Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2012-11-17 11:15:37 UTC 
Mozilla security researcher moz_bug_r_a4 reported that if code executed by the evalInSandbox function sets location.href, it can get the wrong subject principal for the URL check, ignoring the sandbox's Javascript context and gaining the context of evalInSandbox object. This can lead to malicious web content being able to perform a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack or stealing a copy of a local file if the user has installed an add-on vulnerable to this attack.


External Reference:

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-93.html


Acknowledgements:

Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges moz_bug_r_a4 as the original reporter.
Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2012-11-20 21:51:40 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Via RHSA-2012:1483 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1483.html
Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2012-11-20 22:12:16 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2012:1482 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1482.html