Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere Affecting firefox package, versions <0:68.1.0-1.el8_0


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.65% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-FIREFOX-3467390
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed3 Sept 2019

Introduced: 3 Sep 2019

CVE-2019-11742  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-829  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 firefox to version 0:68.1.0-1.el8_0 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2019:2663.

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:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A same-origin policy violation occurs allowing the theft of cross-origin images through a combination of SVG filters and a &lt;canvas&gt; element due to an error in how same-origin policy is applied to cached image content. The resulting same-origin policy violation could allow for data theft. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 69, Thunderbird < 68.1, Thunderbird < 60.9, Firefox ESR < 60.9, and Firefox ESR < 68.1.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1