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Alpine Linux: CVE-2020-26978: Vulnerability in Multiple Components

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2020-26978: Vulnerability in Multiple Components

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
01/07/2021
Created
01/20/2021
Added
01/19/2021
Modified
10/02/2024

Description

Using techniques that built on the slipstream research, a malicious webpage could have exposed both an internal network's hosts as well as services running on the user's local machine. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 84, Thunderbird < 78.6, and Firefox ESR < 78.6.

Solution(s)

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

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