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SUSE: CVE-2016-9901: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2016-9901: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/13/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/19/2016
Modified
06/21/2021

Description

HTML tags received from the Pocket server will be processed without sanitization and any JavaScript code executed will be run in the "about:pocket-saved" (unprivileged) page, giving it access to Pocket's messaging API through HTML injection. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 45.6 and Firefox < 50.1.

Solution(s)

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

References

  • SUSE-SU-2016:3210-1
  • SUSE-SU-2016:3222-1
  • SUSE-SU-2016:3223-1
  • RHSA-2016:2946
  • RHSA-2016:2973
  • 94885
  • 1037461
  • GLSA-201701-15
  • CVE-2016-9901
  • USN-3155-1
  • DLA-743-1
  • DSA-3734
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