<p>Upgrade <code>Oracle:7</code> <code>firefox</code> to version 0:38.4.0-1.0.1.el7_1 or higher.<br>This issue was patched in <code>ELSA-2015-1982</code>.</p>

Access Restriction Bypass Affecting firefox package, versions <0:38.4.0-1.0.1.el7_1

Threat Intelligence

0.62% (80^th percentile)

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Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE7-FIREFOX-2498911
published 10 Apr 2022
disclosed 5 Nov 2015

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Introduced: 5 Nov 2015

CVE-2015-7197 Open this link in a new tab CWE-264 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 firefox to version 0:38.4.0-1.0.1.el7_1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2015-1982.

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:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Mozilla Firefox before 42.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.4 improperly control the ability of a web worker to create a WebSocket object, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended mixed-content restrictions via crafted JavaScript code.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1

Attack Vector (AV)

Network
Attack Complexity (AC)

Low
Privileges Required (PR)

None
User Interaction (UI)

None

Scope (S)

Unchanged

Confidentiality (C)

None
Integrity (I)

Low
Availability (A)

None