UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7842

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7842

    Published: 15 Nov 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-7842
    Aliases:
    USN-3477-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7842, https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-24/, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3477-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7842

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: firefox

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+build4-0ubuntu0.14.04.4?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -57.0+build4-0ubuntu0.14.04.4

    Affected versions

    24.0+build1-0ubuntu1

    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