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Information Exposure Affecting firefox-esr package, versions <45.6.0esr-1~deb8u1

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (58th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-FIREFOXESR-354993
  • published11 Jun 2018
  • disclosed11 Jun 2018
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Introduced: 11 Jun 2018

CVE-2016-9904  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 firefox-esr to version 45.6.0esr-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.

An attacker could use a JavaScript Map/Set timing attack to determine whether an atom is used by another compartment/zone in specific contexts. This could be used to leak information, such as usernames embedded in JavaScript code, across websites. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.1, Firefox ESR < 45.6, and Thunderbird < 45.6.