Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting firefox package, versions <0:24.2.0-1.el6_5


Severity

Recommended
critical

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (58th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-FIREFOX-1474993
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed10 Dec 2013

Introduced: 10 Dec 2013

CVE-2013-5612  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 firefox to version 0:24.2.0-1.el6_5 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2013:1812.

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.

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 26.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.23 makes it easier for remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by leveraging a Same Origin Policy violation triggered by lack of a charset parameter in a Content-Type HTTP header.

CVSS Scores

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