Bug 1429778 – CVE-2017-5400 Mozilla: asm.js JIT-spray bypass of ASLR and DEP (MFSA 2017-06)

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Bug 1429778 - (CVE-2017-5400) CVE-2017-5400 Mozilla: asm.js JIT-spray bypass of ASLR and DEP (MFSA 2017-06)

Summary:	CVE-2017-5400 Mozilla: asm.js JIT-spray bypass of ASLR and DEP (MFSA 2017-06)

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	CVE-2017-5400

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

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Reported:	2017-03-06 23:41 EST by Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala
Modified:	2017-03-14 02:38 EDT (History)
CC List:	4 users (show)

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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2017:0459	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Critical: firefox security update	2017-03-08 16:04:04 EST
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2017:0461	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Critical: firefox security update	2017-03-08 15:53:58 EST
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2017:0498	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Important: thunderbird security update	2017-03-14 06:03:30 EDT

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Description Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2017-03-06 23:41:59 EST

JIT-spray targeting asm.js combined with a heap spray allows for a bypass of ASLR and DEP protections leading to potential memory corruption attacks.


External Reference:

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-06/#CVE-2017-5400


Acknowledgements:

Name: the Mozilla project
Upstream: Rh0

Comment 1 errata-xmlrpc 2017-03-08 10:54:30 EST

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2017:0461 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0461.html

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2017-03-08 11:04:31 EST

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Via RHSA-2017:0459 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0459.html

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2017-03-14 02:04:05 EDT

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-2017:0498 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0498.html

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