[tor-bugs] #8725 [Applications/Tor Browser]: resource:// URIs leak information

Sat Jun 11 01:20:42 UTC 2016

#8725: resource:// URIs leak information
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 Reporter:  holizz                               |          Owner:  tbb-
     Type:  defect                               |  team
 Priority:  Very High                            |         Status:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser             |  needs_review
 Severity:  Major                                |      Milestone:
 Keywords:  tbb-fingerprinting, tbb-rebase-      |        Version:
  regression, tbb-testcase, tbb-firefox-patch,   |     Resolution:
  TorBrowserTeam201606R                          |  Actual Points:
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Comment (by cypherpunks):

 My original idea is that only privileged `chrome://` or `about:` pages can
 initiate a redirect to the blocked resources. If there is no such
 redirecting URIs accessible from content, there should be no leaks.
 However, testing is needed anyway.

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