Information Exposure Affecting firefox package, versions <0:10.0.5-1.0.1.el6_2


Severity

Recommended
critical

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (42nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE6-FIREFOX-2467563
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed5 Jun 2012

Introduced: 5 Jun 2012

CVE-2012-1945  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:6 firefox to version 0:10.0.5-1.0.1.el6_2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2012-0710.

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:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 12.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.5, Thunderbird 5.0 through 12.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.5, and SeaMonkey before 2.10 allow local users to obtain sensitive information via an HTML document that loads a shortcut (aka .lnk) file for display within an IFRAME element, as demonstrated by a network share implemented by (1) Microsoft Windows or (2) Samba.

CVSS Scores

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