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SUSE: CVE-2016-5291: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2016-5291: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Published
11/15/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/19/2016
Modified
02/04/2022

Description

A same-origin policy bypass with local shortcut files to load arbitrary local content from disk. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 45.5, Firefox ESR < 45.5, and Firefox < 50.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-libfreebl3
  • suse-upgrade-libfreebl3-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libfreebl3-hmac
  • suse-upgrade-libfreebl3-hmac-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libfreebl3-x86
  • suse-upgrade-libsoftokn3
  • suse-upgrade-libsoftokn3-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libsoftokn3-hmac
  • suse-upgrade-libsoftokn3-hmac-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libsoftokn3-x86
  • suse-upgrade-mozilla-nss
  • suse-upgrade-mozilla-nss-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-mozilla-nss-certs
  • suse-upgrade-mozilla-nss-certs-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-mozilla-nss-devel
  • suse-upgrade-mozilla-nss-sysinit
  • suse-upgrade-mozilla-nss-sysinit-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-mozilla-nss-tools
  • suse-upgrade-mozilla-nss-x86
  • suse-upgrade-mozillafirefox
  • suse-upgrade-mozillafirefox-devel
  • suse-upgrade-mozillafirefox-translations
  • suse-upgrade-mozillafirefox-translations-common
  • suse-upgrade-mozillafirefox-translations-other
  • suse-upgrade-mozillathunderbird
  • suse-upgrade-mozillathunderbird-buildsymbols
  • suse-upgrade-mozillathunderbird-devel
  • suse-upgrade-mozillathunderbird-translations-common
  • suse-upgrade-mozillathunderbird-translations-other

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