CVE-2017-5468
Mozilla: Incorrect ownership model for Private Browsing information (MFSA 2017-10)
Severity by source
Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Red Hat (low), Ubuntu (low).
Description
An issue with incorrect ownership model of "privateBrowsing" information exposed through developer tools. This can result in a non-exploitable crash when manually triggered during debugging. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 53.
Affected packages and fixed versions
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| ubuntu 14.04 | firefox | 53.0+build6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| ubuntu 16.04 | firefox | 53.0+build6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 |
| ubuntu 16.10 | firefox | 53.0+build6-0ubuntu0.16.10.1 |
| ubuntu 17.04 | firefox | 53.0+build6-0ubuntu0.17.04.1 |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5468
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1329521
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5468
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3260-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5468
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/#CVE-2017-5468