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CVE-2017-7842 Details

Description

If a document's Referrer Policy attribute is set to "no-referrer" sometimes two network requests are made for "<link>" elements instead of one. One of these requests includes the referrer instead of respecting the set policy to not include a referrer on requests. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 57.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.3 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1397064 CVEIssue Tracking
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-24/ CVEVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101832 CVEThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039803 CVEThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1397064 [email protected]Issue Tracking

see all 8 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
mozilla firefox
<= 56.0.2

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-7842
NVD Published Date:
Jun 11, 2018
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2017-7842 Details - Not Deferred