MGASA-2015-0305

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    MGASA-2015-0305

    Published: 7 Aug 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-4495

    Summary: Updated firefox package fixes CVE-2015-4495

    Details: Updated firefox packages fix security vulnerability: Security researcher Cody Crews reported on a way to violate the same origin policy and inject script into a non-privileged part of the built-in PDF Viewer in Firefox. This would allow an attacker to read and steal sensitive local files on the victim's computer (CVE-2015-4495).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0305.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16550, https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-78/, https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox-esr/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: firefox

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/firefox?arch=source&distro=mageia-4

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -38.1.1-1.mga4

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High