CVE-2016-9901: Input Validation
First published: Tue Dec 13 2016(Updated: )
HTML tags received from the Pocket server will be processed without sanitization and any JavaScript code executed will be run in the about:pocket-saved (unprivileged) page, giving it access to Pocket's messaging API through HTML injection.
Credit: security@mozilla.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla Firefox | <50.1 | 50.1 |
| <45.6 | 45.6 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Aus | =7.3 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Aus | =7.4 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop | =5.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop | =6.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop | =7.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus | =7.3 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus | =7.4 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus | =7.5 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server | =5.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server | =6.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server | =7.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation | =5.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation | =6.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation | =7.0 | |
| Mozilla Firefox | <50.1 | |
| Mozilla Firefox ESR | <45.6.0 |
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Reference Links
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1320057
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-94/
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-95/
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2946.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2973.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94885
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037461
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-94/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-95/
Peer vulnerabilities
(Found alongside the following vulnerabilities)
- agent/type
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/weakness
- agent/author
- agent/remedy
- agent/severity
- agent/references
- agent/description
- agent/softwarecombine
- collector/mozilla-advisory
- source/Mozilla
- agent/software-canonical-lookup
- agent/software-canonical-lookup-request
- collector/nvd-index
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/tags
- agent/event
- agent/trending
- vendor/mozilla
- canonical/mozilla firefox esr
- canonical/mozilla firefox
- vendor/redhat
- canonical/redhat enterprise linux aus
- version/redhat enterprise linux aus/7.3
- version/redhat enterprise linux aus/7.4
- canonical/redhat enterprise linux desktop
- version/redhat enterprise linux desktop/5.0
- version/redhat enterprise linux desktop/6.0
- version/redhat enterprise linux desktop/7.0
- canonical/redhat enterprise linux eus
- version/redhat enterprise linux eus/7.3
- version/redhat enterprise linux eus/7.4
- version/redhat enterprise linux eus/7.5
- canonical/redhat enterprise linux server
- version/redhat enterprise linux server/5.0
- version/redhat enterprise linux server/6.0
- version/redhat enterprise linux server/7.0
- canonical/redhat enterprise linux workstation
- version/redhat enterprise linux workstation/5.0
- version/redhat enterprise linux workstation/6.0
- version/redhat enterprise linux workstation/7.0