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ubuntu-cve-2021-29974
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2021-07-15 00:00
Modified
2026-04-22 07:40
Summary
Details

When network partitioning was enabled, e.g. as a result of Enhanced Tracking Protection settings, a TLS error page would allow the user to override an error on a domain which had specified HTTP Strict Transport Security (which implies that the error should not be override-able.) This issue did not affect the network connections, and they were correctly upgraded to HTTPS automatically. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 90.


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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "When network partitioning was enabled, e.g. as a result of Enhanced Tracking Protection settings, a TLS error page would allow the user to override an error on a domain which had specified HTTP Strict Transport Security (which implies that the error should not be override-able.) This issue did not affect the network connections, and they were correctly upgraded to HTTPS automatically. This vulnerability affects Firefox \u003c 90.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2021-29974",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:40:00Z",
  "published": "2021-07-15T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-29974"
    },
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      "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-28/#CVE-2021-29974"
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5011-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-29974"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-5011-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2021-29974"
  ]
}



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