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Alpine Linux: CVE-2019-11712: firefox-esr Multiple vulnerabilities

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2019-11712: firefox-esr Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/23/2019
Created
12/18/2019
Added
11/08/2019
Modified
12/27/2019

Description

POST requests made by NPAPI plugins, such as Flash, that receive a status 308 redirect response can bypass CORS requirements. This can allow an attacker to perform Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 60.8, Firefox < 68, and Thunderbird < 60.8.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-firefox-esr

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