Information Exposure Affecting firefox package, versions <0:24.3.0-2.el6_5


Severity

Recommended
critical

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.35% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-FIREFOX-1476480
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed4 Feb 2014

Introduced: 4 Feb 2014

CVE-2014-1487  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-209  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 firefox to version 0:24.3.0-2.el6_5 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2014:0132.

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.

The Web workers implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 27.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.3, Thunderbird before 24.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.24 allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and obtain sensitive authentication information via vectors involving error messages.

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