SB2019102429 - Cleartext transmission of sensitive information in firefox (Alpine package)
Published: October 24, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019102429
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Cleartext transmission of sensitive information (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-17002)
CWE-ID: CWE-319 - Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to software processes upgrade-insecure-requests in the Content Security Policy, and a link is dragged and dropped from such page. As a result, the link is not upgraded to https and allows to transmit data over unencrypted channel.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.