Bug 1479212 – CVE-2017-7797 Mozilla: Response header name interning leaks across origins (MFSA 2017-18)

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Bug 1479212 - (CVE-2017-7797) CVE-2017-7797 Mozilla: Response header name interning leaks across origins (MFSA 2017-18)

Summary:	CVE-2017-7797 Mozilla: Response header name interning leaks across origins (M...

Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG

Aliases:	CVE-2017-7797

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

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Reported:	2017-08-08 02:49 EDT by Doran Moppert
Modified:	2017-08-24 03:35 EDT (History)
CC List:	3 users (show)

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Description Doran Moppert 2017-08-08 02:49:07 EDT

Response header name interning does not have same-origin protections and are stored in a global registry. This allows stored header names to be available cross-origin. 


External Reference:

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-18/#CVE-2017-7797


Acknowledgements:

Name: the Mozilla project
Upstream: Anne van Kesteren

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