Spoofing attack in firefox (Alpine package)



Published: 2020-12-15
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2020-26977
CWE-ID CWE-451
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
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firefox (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) Spoofing attack

EUVDB-ID: #VU49019

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-26977

CWE-ID: CWE-451 - User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information (Clickjacking, spoofing)

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect processing of user-supplied data. By attempting to connect a website using an unresponsive port, an attacker could have controlled the content of a tab while the URL bar displayed the original domain.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

firefox (Alpine package): 83.0-r1

External links

http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=51da4407bcde0c8c3633243432ef1cb66575f747


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.



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