| Name | CVE-2016-5268 |
| Description | Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 does not properly set the LINKABLE and URI_SAFE_FOR_UNTRUSTED_CONTENT flags of about: URLs that are used for error pages, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct spoofing attacks via a crafted URL, as demonstrated by misleading text after an about:neterror?d= substring. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| firefox (PTS) | sid | 131.0.3-1 | fixed |
| firefox-esr (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 68.9.0esr-1~deb8u2 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 91.11.0esr-1~deb9u1 | fixed | |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 115.12.0esr-1~deb10u1 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 115.14.0esr-1~deb11u1 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security) | 128.3.1esr-1~deb11u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 115.14.0esr-1~deb12u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security) | 128.3.1esr-1~deb12u1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 128.3.1esr-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| firefox | source | (unstable) | 48.0-1 | |||
| firefox-esr | source | (unstable) | (not affected) |
- firefox-esr <not-affected> (Doesn't affect Firefox ESR)
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-83/