CVE-2015-2711
Mozilla Firefox before 38.0 does not recognize a referrer policy delivered by a referrer META element in cases of context-menu navigation and middle-click navigation, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading web-server…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.89%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 38.0 does not recognize a referrer policy delivered by a referrer META element in cases of context-menu navigation and middle-click navigation, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading web-server Referer logs that contain private data in a URL, as demonstrated by a private path component.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.89% probability · 78th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- opensuse/opensuse · mozilla/firefox
- Source
- security@mozilla.org
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00036.html
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-49.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74611
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2602-1
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1113431
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00036.html
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-49.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74611
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2602-1
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1113431
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.