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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2019-11720: Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2019-11720: Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
07/23/2019
Created
08/17/2019
Added
08/16/2019
Modified
08/16/2019

Description

Some unicode characters are incorrectly treated as whitespace during the parsing of web content instead of triggering parsing errors. This allows malicious code to then be processed, evading cross-site scripting (XSS) filtering. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 68.

Solution(s)

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

References

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