Arbitrary Argument Injection Affecting firefox package, versions <0:78.10.0-1.el8_3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.26% (66th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-FIREFOX-2093201
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed19 Apr 2021

Introduced: 19 Apr 2021

CVE-2021-24002  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-88  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 firefox to version 0:78.10.0-1.el8_3 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:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

When a user clicked on an FTP URL containing encoded newline characters (%0A and %0D), the newlines would have been interpreted as such and allowed arbitrary commands to be sent to the FTP server. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 78.10, Thunderbird < 78.10, and Firefox < 88.

CVSS Scores

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