Improper Cross-boundary Removal of Sensitive Data Affecting firefox package, versions <0:78.5.0-1.0.1.el7_9


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.15% (52nd percentile)

Do your applications use this vulnerable package?

In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.

Test your applications
  • Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE7-FIREFOX-2575612
  • published 10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed 9 Dec 2020

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 firefox to version 0:78.5.0-1.0.1.el7_9 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2020-5239.

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.

Some websites have a feature "Show Password" where clicking a button will change a password field into a textbook field, revealing the typed password. If, when using a software keyboard that remembers user input, a user typed their password and used that feature, the type of the password field was changed, resulting in a keyboard layout change and the possibility for the software keyboard to remember the typed password. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 83, Firefox ESR < 78.5, and Thunderbird < 78.5.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
Expand this section

NVD

6.5 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    None
Expand this section

Red Hat

6.5 medium
Expand this section

SUSE

6.5 medium