CVE-2010-3182 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
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-FIREFOX-1418548
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed19 Oct 2010

Introduced: 19 Oct 2010

CVE-2010-3182  (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.

A certain application-launch script in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.14 and 3.6.x before 3.6.11, Thunderbird before 3.0.9 and 3.1.x before 3.1.5, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.9 on Linux places a zero-length directory name in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse shared library in the current working directory.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1