Mozilla Firefox before 42.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.4 improperly follow the CORS cross-origin request algorithm for the POST method in situations involving an unspecified Content-Type header manipulation, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy by leveraging the lack of a preflight-request step.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade thunderbirdUpgrade firefox | Dec 1, 2016 | Nov 5, 2015 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade iceweaselUpgrade icedove | Nov 9, 2015 | Nov 5, 2015 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade seamonkeyUpgrade libxulUpgrade firefoxUpgrade linux-thunderbirdUpgrade nsprUpgrade nssUpgrade linux-firefoxUpgrade linux-seamonkeyUpgrade linux-c6-nsprUpgrade firefox-esrUpgrade thunderbird | Dec 10, 2025 | Nov 19, 2015 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade mail-client/thunderbird-bin.Upgrade mail-client/thunderbird.Upgrade www-client/firefox.Upgrade www-client/firefox-bin. | Oct 30, 2017 | Nov 5, 2015 |
| Mfsa2015 127 | — | Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 42.0Upgrade to the latest version of Mozilla FirefoxUpgrade to Mozilla Firefox ESR version 38.4 | Nov 4, 2015 | Nov 3, 2015 |
| Mozilla Thunderbird | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Mozilla ThunderbirdUpgrade to Mozilla Thunderbird version 38.4 | Nov 30, 2015 | Nov 5, 2015 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade mail/thunderbird/plugin/thunderbird-lightning to version 45.3.0-0.175.3.14.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade developer/yasm to version 1.3.0-0.175.3.14.0.2.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade web/browser/firefox to version 38.4.0-0.175.3.8.0.2.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade database/sqlite-3/documentation to version 3.9.2-0.175.3.8.0.2.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade database/sqlite-3 to version 3.9.2-0.175.3.8.0.2.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade mail/thunderbird to version 45.3.0-0.175.3.14.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade runtime/tcl-8/tcl-sqlite-3 to version 3.9.2-0.175.3.8.0.2.0 on Solaris 11.3 | May 29, 2017 | Nov 5, 2015 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade thunderbirdUpgrade firefox | Oct 16, 2024 | Nov 5, 2015 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libfreebl3-hmacUpgrade libfreebl3Upgrade mozilla-nssUpgrade MozillaThunderbird-develUpgrade MozillaThunderbird-translations-otherUpgrade MozillaFirefox-branding-SLEDUpgrade MozillaThunderbird-translations-commonUpgrade MozillaFirefox-translations-otherUpgrade MozillaFirefox-develUpgrade mozilla-nss-certs-32bitUpgrade mozilla-nss-certsUpgrade libfreebl3-hmac-32bitUpgrade mozilla-nss-32bitUpgrade libsoftokn3Upgrade libsoftokn3-hmacUpgrade libfreebl3-x86Upgrade libsoftokn3-hmac-32bitUpgrade mozilla-nss-develUpgrade MozillaFirefoxUpgrade libsoftokn3-32bitUpgrade mozilla-nspr-32bitUpgrade mozilla-nspr-develUpgrade libsoftokn3-x86Upgrade libfreebl3-32bitUpgrade MozillaFirefox-translations-commonUpgrade mozillafirefox-branding-sleUpgrade mozilla-nss-x86Upgrade MozillaFirefox-translationsUpgrade mozilla-nss-toolsUpgrade mozilla-nsprUpgrade MozillaThunderbirdUpgrade mozilla-nspr-x86 | Dec 18, 2015 | Nov 5, 2015 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade thunderbirdUpgrade firefox | Nov 9, 2015 | Nov 5, 2015 |
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