Detections
Analytics

Alpine: multiple firefox-esr packages: security update to 52.5.2-r0

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 404413

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - When Private Browsing mode is used, it is possible for a web worker to write persistent data to IndexedDB
 and fingerprint a user uniquely. IndexedDB should not be available in Private Browsing mode and this
 stored data will persist across multiple private browsing mode sessions because it is not cleared when
 exiting. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 52.5.2 and Firefox < 57.0.1. (CVE-2017-7843)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-7843

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 404413

Version: Revision 1.27

Type: Local

Published: 10/31/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-7843

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/16/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-7843

BID: 102039, 102112