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firefox-esr, thunderbird — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2020-15677

By exploiting an Open Redirect vulnerability on a website, an attacker could have spoofed the site displayed in the download file dialog to show the original site (the one suffering from the open redirect) rather than the site the file was actually downloaded from. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 81, Thunderbird < 78.3, and Firefox ESR < 78.3.

Products
firefox-esr, thunderbird
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
1:78.3.1-1, 78.3.0esr-1
CVEs
CVE-2020-15677
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 13:26 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2020-15677

core-osv · Original source

Published 1 Oct 2020, 19:15 UTC

By exploiting an Open Redirect vulnerability on a website, an attacker could have spoofed the site displayed in the download file dialog to show the original site (the one suffering from the open redirect) rather than the site the file was actually downloaded from. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 81, Thunderbird < 78.3, and Firefox ESR < 78.3.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2020-15677

firefox-esr

Fixed versions: 78.3.0esr-1

firefox-esr

Fixed versions: 78.3.0esr-1

firefox-esr

Fixed versions: 78.3.0esr-1

thunderbird

Fixed versions: 1:78.3.1-1

thunderbird

Fixed versions: 1:78.3.1-1

thunderbird

Fixed versions: 1:78.3.1-1

Complete source record
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