Name | CVE-2020-26966 |
Description | Searching for a single word from the address bar caused an mDNS request to be sent on the local network searching for a hostname consisting of that string; resulting in an information leak. *Note: This issue only affected Windows operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 83, Firefox ESR < 78.5, and Thunderbird < 78.5. |
Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
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firefox (PTS) | sid | 131.0-1 | 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) | 115.15.0esr-1~deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 115.14.0esr-1~deb12u1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 115.15.0esr-1~deb12u1 | fixed |
| trixie | 115.15.0esr-1 | fixed |
| sid | 128.3.0esr-1 | fixed |
thunderbird (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1:68.9.0-1~deb8u2 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 1:91.10.0-1~deb9u1 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 1:115.12.0-1~deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 1:115.12.0-1~deb11u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 1:115.15.0-1~deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1:115.12.0-1~deb12u1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 1:115.15.0-1~deb12u1 | fixed |
| trixie | 1:128.2.0esr-1 | fixed |
| sid | 1:128.2.3esr-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
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firefox | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
firefox-esr | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
thunderbird | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
- firefox <not-affected> (Only affects Windows)
- firefox-esr <not-affected> (Only affects Windows)
- thunderbird <not-affected> (Only affects Windows)
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-50/#CVE-2020-26966
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-51/#CVE-2020-26966
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-52/#CVE-2020-26966