By rewriting the Host: request headers using the webRequest API, a WebExtension can bypass domain restrictions through domain fronting. This would allow access to domains that share a host that are otherwise restricted. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 60.3 and Firefox < 63.
References
Link | Resource |
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105718 | VDB Entry Third Party Advisory |
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041944 | VDB Entry Third Party Advisory |
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3005 | Third Party Advisory |
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3006 | Third Party Advisory |
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1467523 | Issue Tracking Permissions Required Vendor Advisory |
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00008.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-04 | Third Party Advisory |
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3801-1/ | Third Party Advisory |
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4324 | Third Party Advisory |
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-26/ | Vendor Advisory |
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-27/ | Vendor Advisory |
History
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mozilla
Published: 2019-02-28T18:00:00
Updated: 2019-03-01T10:57:01
Reserved: 2018-06-14T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2018-12395
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2019-02-28T18:29:00.743
Modified: 2019-10-03T00:03:26.223
Link: CVE-2018-12395
JSON object: View
Redhat Information
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CWE