Information Exposure Affecting firefox package, versions <0:68.11.0-1.el7_8


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.34% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-FIREFOX-7979974
  • published14 Sept 2024
  • disclosed28 Jul 2020

Introduced: 28 Jul 2020

CVE-2020-15652  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-209  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 firefox to version 0:68.11.0-1.el7_8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:3253.

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.

By observing the stack trace for JavaScript errors in web workers, it was possible to leak the result of a cross-origin redirect. This applied only to content that can be parsed as script. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 79, Firefox ESR < 68.11, Firefox ESR < 78.1, Thunderbird < 68.11, and Thunderbird < 78.1.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1