Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting firefox package, versions <0:10.0.8-1.el6_3


Severity

Recommended
critical

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.28% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-FIREFOX-1446650
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed9 Oct 2012

Introduced: 9 Oct 2012

CVE-2012-3992  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 firefox to version 0:10.0.8-1.el6_3 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2012:1350.

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.

Mozilla Firefox before 16.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, Thunderbird before 16.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.13 do not properly manage history data, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks or obtain sensitive POST content via vectors involving a location.hash write operation and history navigation that triggers the loading of a URL into the history object.

CVSS Scores

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