CVE-2021-23968 (GCVE-0-2021-23968)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-02-26 01:59 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:14
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
If Content Security Policy blocked frame navigation, the full destination of a redirect served in the frame was reported in the violation report; as opposed to the original frame URI. This could be used to leak sensitive information contained in such URIs. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 86, Thunderbird < 78.8, and Firefox ESR < 78.8.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CWE
- Content Security Policy violation report could have contained the destination of a redirect
Assigner
References
8 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1687342 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4866 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-10 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-09 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
Impacted products
3 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox |
Affected:
< 86
|
guessed | |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird |
Affected:
< 78.8
|
guessed | |
| Mozilla | Firefox ESR |
Affected:
< 78.8
|
guessed |
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