Upstream information

CVE-2017-5397 at MITRE

Description

The cache directory on the local file system is set to be world writable. Firefox defaults to extracting libraries from this cache. This allows for the possibility of an installed malicious application or tools with write access to the file system to replace files used by Firefox with their own versions. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 51.0.3.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having critical severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 10
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 9.8
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3

Note from the SUSE Security Team

This issue only affects Mozilla Firefox on Android.

No SUSE Bugzilla entries cross referenced.

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP5 MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP6 MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 MozillaFirefox Analysis
openSUSE Leap 15.5 MozillaFirefox Analysis
openSUSE Leap 15.6 MozillaFirefox Analysis
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 MozillaFirefox Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP2 MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP3 MozillaFirefox Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP4 MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 MozillaFirefox Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 MozillaFirefox Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 MozillaFirefox Analysis
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 MozillaFirefox Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 MozillaFirefox Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 MozillaFirefox Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 MozillaFirefox Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 MozillaFirefox Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS MozillaFirefox Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP1 MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 MozillaFirefox Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4-LTSS MozillaFirefox Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1-LTSS MozillaFirefox Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 MozillaFirefox Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS MozillaFirefox Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 MozillaFirefox Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS MozillaFirefox Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 MozillaFirefox Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS MozillaFirefox Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3 MozillaFirefox Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 MozillaFirefox Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 MozillaFirefox Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 MozillaFirefox Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 MozillaFirefox Unsupported
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 MozillaFirefox Unsupported
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 MozillaFirefox Unsupported
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 MozillaFirefox Analysis
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 MozillaFirefox Analysis
openSUSE Leap 15.3 MozillaFirefox Analysis
openSUSE Leap 15.4 MozillaFirefox Analysis
Products at an unknown state of their lifecycle.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security MozillaFirefox Analysis


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Mon Feb 13 14:43:46 2017
CVE page last modified: Thu Oct 10 00:23:21 2024