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MFSA2016-87 Firefox: Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 49.0.2 (CVE-2016-5288)

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MFSA2016-87 Firefox: Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 49.0.2 (CVE-2016-5288)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
10/20/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/25/2016
Modified
11/27/2024

Description

Web content could access information in the HTTP cache if e10s is disabled. This can reveal some visited URLs and the contents of those pages. This issue affects Firefox 48 and 49. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 49.0.2.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-firefox-upgrade-49_0_2

References

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