Bug 1416279 – CVE-2017-5390 Mozilla: Insecure communication methods in Developer Tools JSON viewer (MFSA 2017-02)

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Bug 1416279 - (CVE-2017-5390) CVE-2017-5390 Mozilla: Insecure communication methods in Developer Tools JSON viewer (MFSA 2017-02)

Summary:	CVE-2017-5390 Mozilla: Insecure communication methods in Developer Tools JSON...

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	CVE-2017-5390

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

Priority	medium Severity medium
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Blocks:	1414732
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Reported:	2017-01-25 01:40 EST by Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala
Modified:	2017-02-02 01:30 EST (History)
CC List:	4 users (show)

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Last Closed:	2017-02-02 01:30:43 EST
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2017:0190	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Critical: firefox security update	2017-02-21 12:18:56 EST
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2017:0238	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Important: thunderbird security update	2017-02-02 04:38:23 EST

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Description Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2017-01-25 01:40:54 EST

The JSON viewer in the Developer Tools uses insecure methods to create a communication channel for copying and viewing JSON or HTTP headers data, allowing for potential privilege escalation.


External Reference:

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-02/#CVE-2017-5390

Acknowledgements:

Name: the Mozilla project
Upstream: Jerri Rice

Comment 1 errata-xmlrpc 2017-01-25 04:33:16 EST

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2017:0190 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0190.html

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2017-02-01 23:39:46 EST

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Via RHSA-2017:0238 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0238.html

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