When processing a redirect with a conflicting Referrer-Policy, Firefox would have adopted the redirect's Referrer-Policy. This would have potentially resulted in more information than intended by the original origin being provided to the destination of the redirect. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 86.
References
Link Resource
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1678545 Issue Tracking Permissions Required Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-10 Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-07/ Release Notes Vendor Advisory
History

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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published: 2021-02-26T01:55:29

Updated: 2021-05-01T01:06:43

Reserved: 2021-01-13T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2021-23971

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2021-02-26T02:15:13.103

Modified: 2022-05-27T18:04:16.660


Link: CVE-2021-23971

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