Arch Linux alert ASA-201510-10 (firefox)

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Remi Gacogne <rgacogne@archlinux.org> 
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[arch-security] [ASA-201510-10] firefox: cross-origin restriction bypass 
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Fri, 16 Oct 2015 11:58:35 +0200
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Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201510-10
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Severity: High
Date    : 2015-10-16
CVE-ID  : CVE-2015-7184
Package : firefox
Type    : cross-origin restriction bypass
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/CVE

Summary
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The package firefox before version 41.0.2-1 is vulnerable to
cross-origin restriction bypass.

Resolution
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Upgrade to 41.0.2-1.

# pacman -Syu "firefox>=41.0.2-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 41.0.2.

Workaround
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None.

Description
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Security researcher Abdulrahman Alqabandi reported that the fetch() API
did not correctly implement the Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS)
specification, allowing a malicious page to access private data from
other origins. Mozilla developer Ben Kelly independently reported the
same issue.

Impact
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A remote attacker can bypass the cross-origin resource sharing policy to
access sensitive information.

References
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https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa201...
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7184