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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2016-2820): Firefox regression

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2016-2820): Firefox regression

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
04/30/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/30/2016
Modified
04/25/2018

Description

The Firefox Health Reports (aka FHR or about:healthreport) feature in Mozilla Firefox before 46.0 does not properly restrict the origin of events, which makes it easier for remote attackers to modify sharing preferences by leveraging access to the remote-report IFRAME element.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-firefox
  • ubuntu-upgrade-gtk3-engines-oxygen

References

  • USN-2936-1
  • USN-2936-2
  • USN-2936-3
  • 1035692
  • GLSA-201701-15
  • CVE-2016-2820

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