SB2016122609 - Input validation error in firefox-esr (Alpine package)
Published: December 26, 2016
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016122609
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9901)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.