Bug 2011098 (CVE-2021-38497) - CVE-2021-38497 Mozilla: Validation message could have been overlaid on another origin
Summary: CVE-2021-38497 Mozilla: Validation message could have been overlaid on anothe...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2021-38497
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Blocks: Embargoed2008932
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Reported: 2021-10-06 00:36 UTC by Doran Moppert
Modified: 2021-11-19 08:17 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

Fixed In Version: firefox 91.2, thunderbird 91.2
Doc Type: No Doc Update
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Last Closed: 2021-10-11 14:08:19 UTC

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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2021:3755 0 None None None 2021-10-11 08:13:42 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2021:3756 0 None None None 2021-10-11 08:10:34 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2021:3757 0 None None None 2021-10-11 08:12:29 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2021:3791 0 None None None 2021-10-12 14:22:45 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2021:3838 0 None None None 2021-10-13 09:31:14 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2021:3839 0 None None None 2021-10-13 09:26:45 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2021:3840 0 None None None 2021-10-13 09:25:50 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2021:3841 0 None None None 2021-10-13 09:57:29 UTC

Description Doran Moppert 2021-10-06 00:36:58 UTC 
Through use of `reportValidity()` and `window.open()`, a plain-text validation message could have been overlaid on another origin, leading to possible user confusion and spoofing attacks.



External Reference:

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-45/#CVE-2021-38497
Comment 1 errata-xmlrpc 2021-10-11 08:10:33 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2021:3756 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3756
Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2021-10-11 08:12:27 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2021:3757 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3757
Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2021-10-11 08:13:41 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2021:3755 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3755
Comment 4 Product Security DevOps Team 2021-10-11 14:08:19 UTC 
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-38497
Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2021-10-12 14:22:43 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2021:3791 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3791
Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2021-10-13 09:25:49 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2021:3840 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3840
Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2021-10-13 09:26:44 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2021:3839 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3839
Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2021-10-13 09:31:13 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2021:3838 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3838
Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2021-10-13 09:57:27 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2021:3841 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3841
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