CVE-2015-4498 Information

Description

The add-on installation feature in Mozilla Firefox before 40.0.3 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.2.1 allows remote attackers to bypass an intended user-confirmation requirement by constructing a crafted data: URL and triggering navigation to an arbitrary http: or https: URL at a certain early point in the installation process.

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00013.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00025.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00000.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1693.html http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3345 http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-95.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76505 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033396 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2723-1 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1042699