Mozilla Firefox before 34.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.3, and Thunderbird before 31.3 on Apple OS X 10.10 omit a CoreGraphics disable-logging action that is needed by jemalloc-based applications, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading /tmp files, as demonstrated by credential information.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Firefox | Mozilla | 31.0 (including) | 31.0 (including) |
| Firefox | Mozilla | 31.1.0 (including) | 31.1.0 (including) |
| Firefox | Mozilla | 31.1.1 (including) | 31.1.1 (including) |
| Firefox_esr | Mozilla | 31.2 (including) | 31.2 (including) |
| Firefox | Ubuntu | lucid | * |
| Firefox | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
| Thunderbird | Ubuntu | lucid | * |
| Thunderbird | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.html
- http://support.apple.com/HT204244
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-90.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/2ocxac/apple_coregraphics_framework_on_os_x_1010_is/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1092855
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.html
- http://support.apple.com/HT204244
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-90.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/2ocxac/apple_coregraphics_framework_on_os_x_1010_is/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1092855