Access Restriction Bypass Affecting thunderbird package, versions <0:38.4.0-1.el7_2


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.62% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-THUNDERBIRD-5087245
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed4 Nov 2015

Introduced: 4 Nov 2015

CVE-2015-7197  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 thunderbird to version 0:38.4.0-1.el7_2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2015:2519.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream thunderbird package and not the thunderbird package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Mozilla Firefox before 42.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.4 improperly control the ability of a web worker to create a WebSocket object, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended mixed-content restrictions via crafted JavaScript code.

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