Bug 1530187 – CVE-2017-7846 Mozilla: JavaScript Execution via RSS in mailbox:// origin

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Bug 1530187 - (CVE-2017-7846) CVE-2017-7846 Mozilla: JavaScript Execution via RSS in mailbox:// origin

Summary:	CVE-2017-7846 Mozilla: JavaScript Execution via RSS in mailbox:// origin

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	CVE-2017-7846

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

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Assigned To:	Red Hat Product Security
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Whiteboard:	impact=important,public=20171222,repo...
Keywords:	Security

Depends On:	1530197 1530198 1530199 1530200
Blocks:	1530196
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Reported:	2018-01-02 03:49 EST by Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala
Modified:	2018-01-07 23:58 EST (History)
CC List:	4 users (show)

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Last Closed:	2018-01-07 23:58:47 EST
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2018:0061	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Important: thunderbird security update	2018-01-08 04:49:21 EST

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Description Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2018-01-02 03:49:54 EST

It is possible to execute JavaScript in the parsed RSS feed when RSS feed is viewed as a website, e.g. via “View -> Feed article -> Website” or in the standard format of “View -> Feed article -> default format”.

Comment 1 Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2018-01-02 03:50:06 EST

Acknowledgments:

Name: the Mozilla project
Upstream: cure53

Comment 2 Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2018-01-02 03:50:13 EST

External References:

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-30/#CVE-2017-7829

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2018-01-07 23:49:46 EST

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2018:0061 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0061

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