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CVE-2016-2830
Published: Aug 5, 2016
Modified: Aug 5, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
DSA-3640
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
1036508
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
USN-3044-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
RHSA-2016:1551
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
GLSA-201701-15
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1255270
x_refsource_CONFIRM
openSUSE-SU-2016:1964
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
92261
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-63.html
x_refsource_CONFIRM
openSUSE-SU-2016:2026
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
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