Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere Affecting firefox package, versions <0:52.3.0-3.el6_9


Severity

Recommended
critical

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.43% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-FIREFOX-2142948
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed8 Aug 2017

Introduced: 8 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-7807  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-829  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:6 firefox to version 0:52.3.0-3.el6_9 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox package and not the firefox package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

A mechanism that uses AppCache to hijack a URL in a domain using fallback by serving the files from a sub-path on the domain. This has been addressed by requiring fallback files be inside the manifest directory. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.3, Firefox ESR < 52.3, and Firefox < 55.