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Information Exposure Affecting firefox package, versions <0:52.1.0-2.0.1.el7_3

Severity

 Recommended
critical

Based on Oracle Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.28% (69th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE7-FIREFOX-2515519
  • published 10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed 11 Jun 2018
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Introduced: 11 Jun 2018

CVE-2017-5454 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-200 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 firefox to version 0:52.1.0-2.0.1.el7_3 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2017-1106.

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.

A mechanism to bypass file system access protections in the sandbox to use the file picker to access different files than those selected in the file picker through the use of relative paths. This allows for read only access to the local file system. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.1, Firefox ESR < 52.1, and Firefox < 53.