Improper Input Validation The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package firefox (opens in a new tab)
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-FIREFOX-620606
- published10 Sept 2020
- disclosed11 Jun 2018
Introduced: 11 Jun 2018
CVE-2016-5293 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:14.04.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox package and not the firefox package as distributed by Ubuntu.
When the Mozilla Updater is run, if the Updater's log file in the working directory points to a hardlink, data can be appended to an arbitrary local file. This vulnerability requires local system access. Note: this issue only affects Windows operating systems. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 45.5 and Firefox < 50.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-5293
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94336
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1246945
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298