Vulnerability CVE-2018-18505


Published: 2019-02-05

Description:
An earlier fix for an Inter-process Communication (IPC) vulnerability, CVE-2011-3079, added authentication to communication between IPC endpoints and server parents during IPC process creation. This authentication is insufficient for channels created after the IPC process is started, leading to the authentication not being correctly applied to later channels. This could allow for a sandbox escape through IPC channels due to lack of message validation in the listener process. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.5, Firefox ESR < 60.5, and Firefox < 65.

Type:

CWE-287

(Improper Authentication)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Redhat -> Enterprise linux desktop 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux server 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux server aus 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux server eus 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux server tus 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux workstation 
Mozilla -> Firefox 
Mozilla -> Firefox esr 
Mozilla -> Thunderbird 
Debian -> Debian linux 
Canonical -> Ubuntu linux 

 References:
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00021.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106781
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0218
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0219
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0269
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0270
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1087565
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00025.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00024.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-04
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-07
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3874-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3897-1/
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4376
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4392
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-01/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-02/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-03/

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