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MFSA2015-132 Thunderbird: Mixed content WebSocket policy bypass through workers (CVE-2015-7197)

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MFSA2015-132 Thunderbird: Mixed content WebSocket policy bypass through workers (CVE-2015-7197)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
11/05/2015
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/30/2015
Modified
04/05/2017

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 42.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.4 improperly control the ability of a web worker to create a WebSocket object, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended mixed-content restrictions via crafted JavaScript code.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-thunderbird-upgrade-38_4

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