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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-5253: Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-5253: Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N)
Published
08/04/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
04/05/2018

Description

The Updater in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 on Windows allows local users to write to arbitrary files via vectors involving the callback application-path parameter and a hard link.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-mail-client-thunderbird
  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-mail-client-thunderbird-bin
  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-www-client-firefox
  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-www-client-firefox-bin

References

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