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Information Exposure Affecting firefox package, versions <0:45.4.0-1.el7_2

Severity

 Recommended
critical

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.79% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-FIREFOX-5117118
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed20 Sept 2016
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Introduced: 20 Sep 2016

CVE-2016-5250  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 firefox to version 0:45.4.0-1.el7_2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2016:1912.

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.

Mozilla Firefox before 48.0, Firefox ESR < 45.4 and Thunderbird < 45.4 allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information about the previously retrieved page via Resource Timing API calls.

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