CVE-2017-5405

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2017-5405  

Certain response codes in FTP connections can result in the use of uninitialized values for ports in FTP operations. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 52, Firefox ESR < 45.8, Thunderbird < 52, and Thunderbird < 45.8.

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Certain response codes in FTP connections can result in the use of uninitialized values for ports in FTP operations. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 52, Firefox ESR < 45.8, Thunderbird < 52, and Thunderbird < 45.8.

Find out more about CVE-2017-5405 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 5.1
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

CVSS v3 metrics

CVSS3 Base Score 5.6
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Impact Low
Availability Impact Low

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (thunderbird) RHSA-2017:0498 2017-03-14
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (thunderbird) RHSA-2017:0498 2017-03-14
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (firefox) RHSA-2017:0459 2017-03-08
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (thunderbird) RHSA-2017:0498 2017-03-14
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (firefox) RHSA-2017:0459 2017-03-08
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (firefox) RHSA-2017:0461 2017-03-08
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) (thunderbird) RHSA-2017:0498 2017-03-14

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Anonymous as the original reporter.

External References