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MFSA2017-20 Thunderbird: Security vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 52.3 (CVE-2017-7787)

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MFSA2017-20 Thunderbird: Security vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 52.3 (CVE-2017-7787)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
08/18/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/21/2017
Modified
08/06/2018

Description

Same-origin policy protections can be bypassed on pages with embedded iframes during page reloads, allowing the iframes to access content on the top level page, leading to information disclosure. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.3, Firefox ESR < 52.3, and Firefox < 55.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-thunderbird-upgrade-52_3

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