medium5.3
CVE-2017-7842
If a document's Referrer Policy attribute is set to "no-referrer" sometimes two network requests are made for "<link>" elements instead of one.
Impact
If a document's Referrer Policy attribute is set to "no-referrer" sometimes two network requests are made for "<link>" elements instead of one. One of these requests includes the referrer instead of respecting the set policy to not include a referrer on requests. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 57.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox | through 56.0.2 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101832
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039803
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1397064
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-24/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101832
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039803
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1397064
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-24/