Bug 1039419 – CVE-2013-5611 Mozilla: Application Installation doorhanger persists on navigation (MFSA 2013-105)

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Bug 1039419 - (CVE-2013-5611) CVE-2013-5611 Mozilla: Application Installation doorhanger persists on navigation (MFSA 2013-105)

Summary:	CVE-2013-5611 Mozilla: Application Installation doorhanger persists on naviga...

Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG

Aliases:	CVE-2013-5611

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

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Blocks:	1030244
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Reported:	2013-12-08 23:12 EST by Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala
Modified:	2013-12-10 12:25 EST (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Last Closed:	2013-12-09 00:04:37 EST
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Description Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2013-12-08 23:12:05 EST

Mozilla developer Myk Melez reported that with specifically timed page navigation, the doorhanger notification for Web App installation could persist from one site to another without being dismissed by the navigation. This could be used by a malicious site to trick a user into installing an application from one site while making it appear to come from another.



External Reference:

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-105.html


Acknowledgements:

Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Myk Melez as the original reporter.

Statement:

This issue does not affect the version of firefox and thunderbird as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6

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