CVE-2018-18505

Name
CVE-2018-18505
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.
NVD Severity
high
Other trackers
CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia
Mailing lists
oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq
Exploits
Exploit DB, Metasploit
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

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

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* firefox >= None < 65.0
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* thunderbird >= None < 60.5.0
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* firefox_esr >= None < 60.5.0

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status