Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity Affecting firefox package, versions <0:78.10.0-1.0.1.el7_9
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE7-FIREFOX-2581784
- published 10 Apr 2022
- disclosed 24 Jun 2021
Introduced: 24 Jun 2021
CVE-2021-23998 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Oracle:7 firefox to version 0:78.10.0-1.0.1.el7_9 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2021-1363.
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.
Through complicated navigations with new windows, an HTTP page could have inherited a secure lock icon from an HTTPS page. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 78.10, Thunderbird < 78.10, and Firefox < 88.
References
- https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2021-23998.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2021-1350.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2021-1353.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2021-1360.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2021-1363.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1667456
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-14/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-15/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-16/
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