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Improper Input Validation Affecting firefox package, versions <0:45.6.0-1.el7_3

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.68% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-FIREFOX-4640506
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed14 Dec 2016
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Introduced: 14 Dec 2016

CVE-2016-9901  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 firefox to version 0:45.6.0-1.el7_3 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2016:2946.

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.

HTML tags received from the Pocket server will be processed without sanitization and any JavaScript code executed will be run in the "about:pocket-saved" (unprivileged) page, giving it access to Pocket's messaging API through HTML injection. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 45.6 and Firefox < 50.1.