CVE-2015-7193

CVE Details

Release Date:	2015-11-04
Impact:	Important	What is this?

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 42.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.4improperly follow the CORS cross-origin request algorithm for the POST method in situations involving an unspecified Content-Type header manipulation, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy by leveraging the lack of a preflight-request step.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	5.1
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	High
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial
Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (firefox)	ELSA-2015-1982	2015-11-04
Oracle Linux version 5 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2015-2519	2015-11-27
Oracle Linux version 6 (firefox)	ELSA-2015-1982	2015-11-04
Oracle Linux version 6 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2015-2519	2015-11-27
Oracle Linux version 7 (firefox)	ELSA-2015-1982	2015-11-04
Oracle Linux version 7 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2015-2519	2015-11-27