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Alpine Linux: CVE-2020-15657: Uncontrolled Search Path Element

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2020-15657: Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
08/10/2020
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
10/02/2024

Description

Firefox could be made to load attacker-supplied DLL files from the installation directory. This required an attacker that is already capable of placing files in the installation directory. *Note: This issue only affected Windows operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 78.1, Firefox < 79, and Thunderbird < 78.1.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-firefox-esr
  • alpine-linux-upgrade-firefox

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