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SUSE: CVE-2016-5293: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2016-5293: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
11/15/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/05/2016
Modified
02/04/2022

Description

When the Mozilla Updater is run, if the Updater's log file in the working directory points to a hardlink, data can be appended to an arbitrary local file. This vulnerability requires local system access. Note: this issue only affects Windows operating systems. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 45.5 and Firefox < 50.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-mozillafirefox
  • suse-upgrade-mozillafirefox-devel
  • suse-upgrade-mozillafirefox-translations-common
  • suse-upgrade-mozillafirefox-translations-other

References

  • 94336
  • 1037298
  • GLSA-201701-15
  • CVE-2016-5293

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