CVE-2016-2830 | BDVDB-2026-77468 Detail
Description#
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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3640
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036508
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1551.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1255270
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92261
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-63.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.