DEPRECATED: Use of Uninitialized Resource Affecting firefox package, versions <0:52.0-4.el7_3


Severity

Recommended
critical

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.31% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-FIREFOX-1458516
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed7 Mar 2017

Introduced: 7 Mar 2017

CVE-2017-5405  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1187  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 firefox to version 0:52.0-4.el7_3 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2017:0461.

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:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Certain response codes in FTP connections can result in the use of uninitialized values for ports in FTP operations. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 52, Firefox ESR < 45.8, Thunderbird < 52, and Thunderbird < 45.8.