CVE-2018-5117 Affecting firefox-esr package, versions <52.6.0-r0
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- published23 May 2024
- disclosed11 Jun 2018
Introduced: 11 Jun 2018
CVE-2018-5117 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Alpine:3.20 firefox-esr to version 52.6.0-r0 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox-esr package and not the firefox-esr package as distributed by Alpine.
See How to fix? for Alpine:3.20 relevant fixed versions and status.
If right-to-left text is used in the addressbar with left-to-right alignment, it is possible in some circumstances to scroll this text to spoof the displayed URL. This issue could result in the wrong URL being displayed as a location, which can mislead users to believe they are on a different site than the one loaded. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.6, Firefox ESR < 52.6, and Firefox < 58.
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-5117
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4096
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4102
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00030.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00036.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-5117
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-02/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-03/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-04/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1395508
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0122
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0262
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102783
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040270
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-5117
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3544-1/