Information Exposure Affecting firefox-esr package, versions <60.3.0esr-1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-FIREFOXESR-355241
- published 28 Oct 2018
- disclosed 28 Feb 2019
Introduced: 28 Oct 2018
CVE-2018-12397 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable
firefox-esr
to version 60.3.0esr-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:unstable
relevant fixed versions and status.
A WebExtension can request access to local files without the warning prompt stating that the extension will "Access your data for all websites" being displayed to the user. This allows extensions to run content scripts in local pages without permission warnings when a local file is opened. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 60.3 and Firefox < 63.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-12397
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4324
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00008.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-04
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-26/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-27/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1487478
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3005
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3006
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105718
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041944
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-12397
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3801-1/