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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-5291: Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-5291: Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Published
01/03/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
07/31/2018

Description

A same-origin policy bypass with local shortcut files to load arbitrary local content from disk. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 45.5, Firefox ESR < 45.5, and Firefox < 50.

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

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