Directory Traversal Affecting firefox package, versions <0:3.6.17-1.el6_0


Severity

Recommended
critical

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.95% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-FIREFOX-1425549
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed28 Apr 2011

Introduced: 28 Apr 2011

CVE-2011-0071  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 firefox to version 0:3.6.17-1.el6_0 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2011:0471.

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.

Directory traversal vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.19 and 3.6.x before 3.6.17, Thunderbird before 3.1.10, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.14 on Windows allows remote attackers to determine the existence of arbitrary files, and possibly load resources, via vectors involving a resource: URL.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1