Missing Authorization Affecting firefox package, versions <58.0-1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.29% (69th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-FIREFOX-423078
- published 11 Jun 2018
- disclosed 11 Jun 2018
Introduced: 11 Jun 2018
CVE-2018-5113 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable
firefox
to version 58.0-1 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 Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:unstable
relevant fixed versions and status.
The "browser.identity.launchWebAuthFlow" function of WebExtensions is only allowed to load content over "https:" but this requirement was not properly enforced. This can potentially allow privileged pages to be loaded by the extension. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 58.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-5113
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-02/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1425267
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102786
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040270
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-5113
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3544-1/