CVE-2015-7193

CVE Details

Release Date:

2015-11-04

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.

See more information about CVE-2015-7193 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	5.1	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	High
Authentication:	None required	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

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