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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 o

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Fix
Fixed in 57
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Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
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Affected versions

  • Mozilla Firefox

    fixed in 57

References 4

mozilla.org

securityfocus.com

securitytracker.com

bugzilla.mozilla.org