Improper Authentication Affecting firefox package, versions <0:10.0.12-1.el6_3


Severity

Recommended
critical

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.32% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-FIREFOX-1451258
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed8 Jan 2013

Introduced: 8 Jan 2013

CVE-2013-0759  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 firefox to version 0:10.0.12-1.el6_3 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2013:0144.

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 18.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.12 and 17.x before 17.0.2, Thunderbird before 17.0.2, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.12 and 17.x before 17.0.2, and SeaMonkey before 2.15 allow remote attackers to spoof the address bar via vectors involving authentication information in the userinfo field of a URL, in conjunction with a 204 (aka No Content) HTTP status code.

CVSS Scores

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