Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting xulrunner-devel-unstable package, versions <0:1.9-1.0.1.el5


Severity

Recommended
critical

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.96% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE5-XULRUNNERDEVELUNSTABLE-2449860
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed7 Jul 2008

Introduced: 7 Jul 2008

CVE-2008-2808  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:5 xulrunner-devel-unstable to version 0:1.9-1.0.1.el5 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2008-0569.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream xulrunner-devel-unstable package and not the xulrunner-devel-unstable 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 escape HTML in file:// URLs in directory listings, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks or have unspecified other impact via a crafted filename.

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