Bug 2255361 (CVE-2023-6865) - CVE-2023-6865 Mozilla: Potential exposure of uninitialized data in <code>EncryptingOutputStream</code>
Summary: CVE-2023-6865 Mozilla: Potential exposure of uninitialized data in <code>Encr...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2023-6865
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Product Security
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Blocks: 2254313
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Reported: 2023-12-20 11:16 UTC by Mauro Matteo Cascella
Modified: 2024-01-02 08:27 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version: firefox 115.6, thunderbird 115.6
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Doc Text:
The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: `EncryptingOutputStream` was susceptible to exposing uninitialized data. This issue could only be abused in order to write data to a local disk which may have implications for private browsing mode.
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2024:0011 0 None None None 2024-01-02 08:21:58 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2024:0012 0 None None None 2024-01-02 08:15:54 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2024:0019 0 None None None 2024-01-02 08:23:16 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2024:0021 0 None None None 2024-01-02 08:24:29 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2024:0022 0 None None None 2024-01-02 08:25:09 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2024:0023 0 None None None 2024-01-02 08:26:16 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2024:0024 0 None None None 2024-01-02 08:24:49 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2024:0025 0 None None None 2024-01-02 08:24:08 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2024:0026 0 None None None 2024-01-02 08:27:58 UTC

Description Mauro Matteo Cascella 2023-12-20 11:16:49 UTC 
`EncryptingOutputStream` was susceptible to exposing uninitialized data.  This issue could only be abused in order to write data to a local disk which may have implications for private browsing mode.

External Reference:
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-54/#CVE-2023-6865
Comment 13 errata-xmlrpc 2024-01-02 08:15:53 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2024:0012 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0012
Comment 14 errata-xmlrpc 2024-01-02 08:21:57 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2024:0011 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0011
Comment 15 errata-xmlrpc 2024-01-02 08:23:15 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2024:0019 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0019
Comment 16 errata-xmlrpc 2024-01-02 08:24:07 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2024:0025 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0025
Comment 17 errata-xmlrpc 2024-01-02 08:24:28 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service

Via RHSA-2024:0021 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0021
Comment 18 errata-xmlrpc 2024-01-02 08:24:48 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2024:0024 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0024
Comment 19 errata-xmlrpc 2024-01-02 08:25:08 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2024:0022 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0022
Comment 20 errata-xmlrpc 2024-01-02 08:26:14 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications Update Service

Via RHSA-2024:0023 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0023
Comment 21 errata-xmlrpc 2024-01-02 08:27:57 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2024:0026 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0026
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