Information Exposure Affecting firefox package, versions <0:3.0-2.0.1.el5


Severity

Recommended
critical

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.63% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE5-FIREFOX-2449870
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed7 Jul 2008

Introduced: 7 Jul 2008

CVE-2008-2807  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:5 firefox to version 0:3.0-2.0.1.el5 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2008-0569.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox package and not the firefox package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:5 relevant fixed versions and status.

Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.15 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.10 do not properly handle an invalid .properties file for an add-on, which allows remote attackers to read uninitialized memory, as demonstrated by use of ISO 8859 encoding instead of UTF-8 encoding in a French .properties file.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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