Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting nss-devel package, versions <0:3.12.1.1-1.el5


Severity

Recommended
critical

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
95.39% (100th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE5-NSSDEVEL-2448777
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed24 Sept 2008

Introduced: 24 Sep 2008

CVE-2008-4065  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:5 nss-devel to version 0:3.12.1.1-1.el5 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2008-0879.

NVD Description

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

Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.17 and 3.x before 3.0.2, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.17, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.12 allow remote attackers to bypass cross-site scripting (XSS) protection mechanisms and conduct XSS attacks via byte order mark (BOM) characters that are removed from JavaScript code before execution, aka "Stripped BOM characters bug."

References

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