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Mozilla Firefox Cross-Origin Restriction Bypass Vulnerability Oct15 (Mac OS X)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
General
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
6.8
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
8 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
This host is installed with Mozilla Firefox and is prone to cross-origin restriction bypass vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The flaw is due to fetch API implementation did not correctly implement the Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) specification.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Mozilla Firefox version before 41.0.2 on Mac OS X
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 41.0.2 or later.