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MFSA2018-06 Firefox: Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 59 (CVE-2018-5141)

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MFSA2018-06 Firefox: Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 59 (CVE-2018-5141)

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
06/11/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
07/12/2018
Modified
08/03/2018

Description

A vulnerability in the notifications Push API where notifications can be sent through service workers by web content without direct user interaction. This could be used to open new tabs in a denial of service (DOS) attack or to display unwanted content from arbitrary URLs to users. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 59.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-firefox-upgrade-59_0

References

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