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Red Hat: CVE-2017-7762: Critical: firefox security update (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2017-7762: Critical: firefox security update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
06/15/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/29/2018
Modified
03/03/2021

Description

When entered directly, Reader Mode did not strip the username and password section of URLs displayed in the addressbar. This can be used for spoofing the domain of the current page. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 54.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-firefox
  • redhat-upgrade-firefox-debuginfo

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