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Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output Affecting firefox package, versions <0:60.8.0-1.0.1.el7_6

Severity

 Recommended
critical

Based on Oracle Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    1.22% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE7-FIREFOX-2533527
  • published 10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed 23 Jul 2019
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Introduced: 23 Jul 2019

CVE-2019-11717 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-116 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 firefox to version 0:60.8.0-1.0.1.el7_6 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2019-1763.

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 vulnerability exists where the caret ("^") character is improperly escaped constructing some URIs due to it being used as a separator, allowing for possible spoofing of origin attributes. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 60.8, Firefox < 68, and Thunderbird < 60.8.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

5.3 medium
  • 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
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SUSE

6.1 medium