Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting firefox package, versions <0:3.6.12-1.el6_0


Severity

Recommended
critical

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.26% (67th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-FIREFOX-1417681
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed19 Oct 2010

Introduced: 19 Oct 2010

CVE-2010-3177  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 firefox to version 0:3.6.12-1.el6_0 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2010:0861.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox package and not the firefox package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Gopher parser in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.14 and 3.6.x before 3.6.11, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.9, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted name of a (1) file or (2) directory on a Gopher server.

CVSS Scores

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