CVE-2018-12383

Vulnerability Description

If a user saved passwords before Firefox 58 and then later set a master password, an unencrypted copy of these passwords is still accessible. This is because the older stored password file was not deleted when the data was copied to a new format starting in Firefox 58. The new master password is added only on the new file. This could allow the exposure of stored password data outside of user expectations. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 62, Firefox ESR < 60.2.1, and Thunderbird < 60.2.1.

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References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105276Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041610Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041701Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2834Third Party Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2835Third Party Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3403Third Party Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3458Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1475775ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00011.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01Third Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13Third Party Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3761-1/Third Party Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3793-1/Third Party Advisory
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4304Third Party Advisory
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4327Third Party Advisory