CVE-2019-17016

Summary

CVECVE-2019-17016
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-01-08 22:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-01-13 20:15:00 UTC
DescriptionWhen pasting a &lt;style&gt; tag from the clipboard into a rich text editor, the CSS sanitizer incorrectly rewrites a @namespace rule. This could allow for injection into certain types of websites resulting in data exfiltration. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 68.4 and Firefox < 72.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-79

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 19.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 19.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 19.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 19.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr All All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.7 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.7 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 7.7 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 7.7 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1599181 - (CVE-2019-17016) Bypass of CSS Sanitizer via incorrect serialization of CSS @namespace rule. MISC bugzilla.mozilla.org Permissions Required
USN-4234-1: Firefox vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4600-1 firefox-esr DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0094-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202003-02) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Bugtraq: [SECURITY] [DSA 4603-1] thunderbird security update BUGTRAQ seclists.org
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0060-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4603-1 thunderbird DEBIAN www.debian.org
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 2071-1] thunderbird security update MLIST lists.debian.org
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Bugtraq: [SECURITY] [DSA 4600-1] firefox-esr security update BUGTRAQ seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
USN-4335-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Slackware Security Advisory - mozilla-thunderbird Updates ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 2061-1] firefox-esr security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox ESR 68.4 — Mozilla CONFIRM www.mozilla.org Vendor Advisory
Bugtraq: [slackware-security] mozilla-thunderbird (SSA:2020-010-01) BUGTRAQ seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 72 — Mozilla CONFIRM www.mozilla.org Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
USN-4241-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 296077 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 18.4.0 Missing (CPUJAN2020)
  • 376884 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for firefox (ALINUX2-SA-2020:0016)
  • 377014 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for thunderbird (ALINUX2-SA-2020:0017)
  • 500925 Alpine Linux Security Update for firefox-esr
  • 500945 Alpine Linux Security Update for firefox
  • 503830 Alpine Linux Security Update for firefox
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