Bug 892144 (CVE-2013-0748)

Summary: CVE-2013-0748 Mozilla: Address space layout leaked in XBL objects (MFSA 2013-11)
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala <huzaifas>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: gecko-bugs-nobody, jhorak, security-response-team, stransky
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Description Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2013-01-05 13:30:57 UTC 
Mozilla security researcher Jesse Ruderman discovered that using the toString function of XBL objects can lead to inappropriate information leakage by revealing the address space layout instead of just the ID of the object. This layout information could potentially be used to bypass ASLR and other security protections.

In general these flaws cannot be exploited through email in the Thunderbird and SeaMonkey products because scripting is disabled, but are potentially a risk in browser or browser-like contexts in those products. 


External Reference:

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-11.html


Acknowledgements:

Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Jesse Ruderman as the original reporter.
Comment 1 errata-xmlrpc 2013-01-08 21:17:17 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

   Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2013:0145 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0145.html
Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2013-01-08 21:39:07 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

   Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2013:0144 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0144.html