CVE-2016-2830 (GCVE-0-2016-2830)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-08-05 01:00
Modified
2024-08-05 23:32
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 preserve the network connection used for favicon resource retrieval after the associated browser window is closed, which makes it easier for remote web servers to track users by observing network traffic from multiple IP addresses.
References
security@mozilla.org http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html
security@mozilla.org http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html
security@mozilla.org http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1551.html
security@mozilla.org http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3640
security@mozilla.org http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-63.html Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.org http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
security@mozilla.org http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92261
security@mozilla.org http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036508
security@mozilla.org http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1
security@mozilla.org https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1255270 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
security@mozilla.org https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1551.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3640
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-63.html Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92261
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036508
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1255270 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
Impacted products
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