Upstream information

CVE-2017-7836 at MITRE

Description

The "pingsender" executable used by the Firefox Health Report dynamically loads a system copy of libcurl, which an attacker could replace. This allows for privilege escalation as the replaced libcurl code will run with Firefox's privileges. Note: This attack requires an attacker have local system access and only affects OS X and Linux. Windows systems are not affected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 57.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 4.6
Vector AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.8
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1068101 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
openSUSE Leap 15.0
  • MozillaFirefox >= 60.0-lp150.2.2
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-common >= 60.0-lp150.2.2
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-other >= 60.0-lp150.2.2
 Patchnames:
openSUSE Leap 15.0 GA MozillaFirefox-60.0-lp150.2.2
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • MozillaFirefox >= 92.0-1.2
  • MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream >= 92.0-1.2
  • MozillaFirefox-devel >= 92.0-1.2
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-common >= 92.0-1.2
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-other >= 92.0-1.2
  • firefox-esr >= 128.5.1-1.1
  • firefox-esr-branding-upstream >= 128.5.1-1.1
  • firefox-esr-translations-common >= 128.5.1-1.1
  • firefox-esr-translations-other >= 128.5.1-1.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-10600
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-14572

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Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated.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 Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-ESPOS MozillaFirefox Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Business Critical Linux 15 SP1 MozillaFirefox Already fixed
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 MozillaFirefox Already fixed
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 MozillaFirefox Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 MozillaFirefox Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 MozillaThunderbird Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 MozillaFirefox Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 MozillaThunderbird Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 MozillaFirefox Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 MozillaFirefox Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS MozillaFirefox Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS MozillaFirefox Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS MozillaFirefox Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS MozillaFirefox Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 MozillaFirefox Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP1 MozillaFirefox Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 MozillaFirefox Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4-LTSS MozillaFirefox Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1-LTSS MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 MozillaFirefox Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 MozillaThunderbird Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 MozillaFirefox Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 MozillaThunderbird Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL MozillaFirefox Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS MozillaFirefox Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS MozillaFirefox Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 MozillaFirefox Released
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 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 MozillaFirefox Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 MozillaThunderbird Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 MozillaFirefox Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 MozillaThunderbird Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 MozillaFirefox Released
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 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 MozillaThunderbird Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP1 MozillaThunderbird Already fixed
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 MozillaFirefox Already fixed
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 MozillaFirefox Already fixed
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 MozillaFirefox Already fixed

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Nov 14 21:30:14 2017
CVE page last modified: Fri Dec 13 19:39:54 2024