Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in firefox-esr (Alpine package)
| Risk | Medium |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2019-9817 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-264 |
| Exploitation vector | Network |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software Subscribe |
firefox-esr (Alpine package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component |
| Vendor | Alpine Linux Development Team |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
EUVDB-ID: #VU18551
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-9817
CWE-ID:
CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect access restrictions when reading images from a different domain. A remote attacker can use a canvas object under certain circumstances to violate same-origin policy and read image data from another domain name.
Install update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsfirefox-esr (Alpine package): 60.4.0-r0 - 60.6.2-r0
External linkshttp://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=19d91779a5cd79292c972f6acdf04ef87ed7379e
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=5d004d13d3cfbb28cda2846e1c88900d5a8d1040
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
