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MFSA2018-11 Firefox: Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 60 (CVE-2018-5166)

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MFSA2018-11 Firefox: Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 60 (CVE-2018-5166)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
05/09/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/10/2018
Modified
11/27/2024

Description

WebExtensions can use request redirection and a "filterReponseData" filter to bypass host permission settings to redirect network traffic and access content from a host for which they do not have explicit user permission. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 60.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-firefox-upgrade-60_0

References

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