User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information Affecting firefox package, versions <0:78.2.0-2.el8_2


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (49th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-FIREFOX-3784583
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed8 Jul 2020

Introduced: 8 Jul 2020

CVE-2020-15648  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-451  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 firefox to version 0:78.2.0-2.el8_2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:3557.

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.

Using object or embed tags, it was possible to frame other websites, even if they disallowed framing using the X-Frame-Options header. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 78 and Firefox < 78.0.2.

CVSS Scores

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