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CentOS Linux: CVE-2017-5454: Critical: firefox security update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Apr 20, 2017
Added
Apr 21, 2017
Modified
May 25, 2023

Description

A mechanism to bypass file system access protections in the sandbox to use the file picker to access different files than those selected in the file picker through the use of relative paths. This allows for read only access to the local file system. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.1, Firefox ESR < 52.1, and Firefox < 53.

Solutions

centos-upgrade-firefoxcentos-upgrade-firefox-debuginfocentos-upgrade-thunderbirdcentos-upgrade-thunderbird-debuginfo
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