Origin Validation Error Affecting firefox-esr package, versions <60.3.0esr-1~deb8u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.2% (59th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-FIREFOXESR-339639
  • published28 Feb 2019
  • disclosed28 Feb 2019

Introduced: 28 Feb 2019

CVE-2018-18499  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-346  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 firefox-esr to version 60.3.0esr-1~deb8u1 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:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A same-origin policy violation allowing the theft of cross-origin URL entries when using a meta http-equiv="refresh" on a page to cause a redirection to another site using performance.getEntries(). This is a same-origin policy violation and could allow for data theft. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 62, Firefox ESR < 60.2, and Thunderbird < 60.2.1.