CVE-2017-5456
First published: Wed Apr 19 2017(Updated: )
A mechanism to bypass file system access protections in the sandbox using the file system request constructor through an IPC message. This allows for read and write access to the local file system.
Credit: security@mozilla.org security@mozilla.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla Firefox ESR | <52.1 | 52.1 |
| Mozilla Firefox | <53 | 53 |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux | =7.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop | =7.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server | =7.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus | =7.3 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus | =7.4 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus | =7.3 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus | =7.4 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus | =7.5 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation | =7.0 | |
| Mozilla Firefox | <53.0 | |
| Mozilla Firefox ESR | <52.1.0 | |
| debian/firefox | 133.0.3-1 |
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Reference Links
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1344415
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1106
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2017-5456
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-11/#CVE-2017-5456
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1443297
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/#CVE-2016-10196
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5456
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5456
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5456
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5456
Peer vulnerabilities
(Found alongside the following vulnerabilities)
- CVE-2017-5433
- CVE-2017-5435
- CVE-2017-5436
- CVE-2017-5461
- CVE-2017-5459
- CVE-2017-5466
- CVE-2017-5434
- CVE-2017-5432
- CVE-2017-5460
- CVE-2017-5438
- CVE-2017-5439
- CVE-2017-5440
- CVE-2017-5441
- CVE-2017-5442
- CVE-2017-5464
- CVE-2017-5443
- CVE-2017-5444
- CVE-2017-5446
- CVE-2017-5447
- CVE-2017-5465
- CVE-2017-5448
- CVE-2016-10196
- CVE-2017-5454
- CVE-2017-5455
- CVE-2017-5456
- CVE-2017-5469
- CVE-2017-5445
- CVE-2017-5449
- CVE-2017-5451
- CVE-2017-5462
- CVE-2017-5467
- CVE-2017-5430
- CVE-2017-5429
- CVE-2017-5450
- CVE-2017-5463
- CVE-2017-5452
- CVE-2017-5453
- CVE-2017-5458
- CVE-2017-5468
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