Information Exposure Affecting firefox-esr package, versions <45.9.0-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.55% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE35-FIREFOXESR-468067
  • published22 Sept 2019
  • disclosed22 Sept 2019
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 22 Sep 2019

CVE-2017-5408  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.5 firefox-esr to version 45.9.0-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:3.5 relevant fixed versions and status.

Video files loaded video captions cross-origin without checking for the presence of CORS headers permitting such cross-origin use, leading to potential information disclosure for video captions. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 52, Firefox ESR < 45.8, Thunderbird < 52, and Thunderbird < 45.8.