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Alpine Linux: CVE-2018-5168: Lightweight themes can be installed without user

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2018-5168: Lightweight themes can be installed without user

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
05/16/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/23/2018
Modified
12/27/2019

Description

Sites can bypass security checks on permissions to install lightweight themes by manipulating the "baseURI" property of the theme element. This could allow a malicious site to install a theme without user interaction which could contain offensive or embarrassing images. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.8, Thunderbird ESR < 52.8, Firefox < 60, and Firefox ESR < 52.8.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-firefox-esr

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