Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting firefox-esr package, versions <45.3.0esr-1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-FIREFOXESR-354895
- published 5 Aug 2016
- disclosed 5 Aug 2016
How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:10
firefox-esr
to version 45.3.0esr-1 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 Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:10
relevant fixed versions and status.
Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 allow user-assisted remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy, and conduct Universal XSS (UXSS) attacks or read arbitrary files, by arranging for the presence of a crafted HTML document and a crafted shortcut file in the same local directory.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5265
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3640
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-80.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1278013
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1551.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92258
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036508
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-5265
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1