ALPINE-CVE-2021-38507

Source
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2021-38507
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-38507.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALPINE-CVE-2021-38507
Upstream
Published
2021-12-08T22:15:08Z
Modified
2026-11-03T06:32:58Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The Opportunistic Encryption feature of HTTP2 (RFC 8164) allows a connection to be transparently upgraded to TLS while retaining the visual properties of an HTTP connection, including being same-origin with unencrypted connections on port 80. However, if a second encrypted port on the same IP address (e.g. port 8443) did not opt-in to opportunistic encryption; a network attacker could forward a connection from the browser to port 443 to port 8443, causing the browser to treat the content of port 8443 as same-origin with HTTP. This was resolved by disabling the Opportunistic Encryption feature, which had low usage. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 94, Thunderbird < 91.3, and Firefox ESR < 91.3.

References

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.15
firefox

Package

Name
firefox
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/firefox?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
94.0-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-38507.json"
firefox-esr

Package

Name
firefox-esr
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/firefox-esr?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
91.3.0-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-38507.json"
Alpine:v3.16
firefox

Package

Name
firefox
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/firefox?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
94.0-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-38507.json"
firefox-esr

Package

Name
firefox-esr
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/firefox-esr?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
91.3.0-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-38507.json"
thunderbird

Package

Name
thunderbird
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/thunderbird?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
91.3.2-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-38507.json"
Alpine:v3.17
firefox

Package

Name
firefox
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/firefox?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
94.0-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-38507.json"
firefox-esr

Package

Name
firefox-esr
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/firefox-esr?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
91.3.0-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-38507.json"
thunderbird

Package

Name
thunderbird
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/thunderbird?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
91.3.2-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-38507.json"
Alpine:v3.18
firefox

Package

Name
firefox
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/firefox?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
94.0-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-38507.json"
firefox-esr

Package

Name
firefox-esr
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/firefox-esr?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
91.3.0-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-38507.json"
thunderbird

Package

Name
thunderbird
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/thunderbird?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
91.3.2-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-38507.json"
Alpine:v3.19
firefox

Package

Name
firefox
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/firefox?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
94.0-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-38507.json"
firefox-esr

Package

Name
firefox-esr
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/firefox-esr?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
91.3.0-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-38507.json"
thunderbird

Package

Name
thunderbird
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/thunderbird?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
91.3.2-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-38507.json"
Alpine:v3.20
firefox

Package

Name
firefox
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/firefox?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
94.0-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-38507.json"
firefox-esr

Package

Name
firefox-esr
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/firefox-esr?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
91.3.0-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-38507.json"
thunderbird

Package

Name
thunderbird
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/thunderbird?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
91.3.2-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-38507.json"
Alpine:v3.21
firefox

Package

Name
firefox
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/firefox?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
94.0-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-38507.json"
firefox-esr

Package

Name
firefox-esr
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/firefox-esr?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
91.3.0-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-38507.json"
librewolf

Package

Name
librewolf
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/librewolf?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
94.0-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-38507.json"
thunderbird

Package

Name
thunderbird
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/thunderbird?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
91.3.2-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-38507.json"
Alpine:v3.22
firefox

Package

Name
firefox
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/firefox?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
94.0-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-38507.json"
firefox-esr

Package

Name
firefox-esr
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/firefox-esr?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
91.3.0-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-38507.json"
librewolf

Package

Name
librewolf
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/librewolf?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
94.0-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-38507.json"
thunderbird

Package

Name
thunderbird
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/thunderbird?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
91.3.2-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-38507.json"
Alpine:v3.23
firefox

Package

Name
firefox
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/firefox?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
94.0-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-38507.json"
firefox-esr

Package

Name
firefox-esr
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/firefox-esr?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
91.3.0-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-38507.json"
librewolf

Package

Name
librewolf
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/librewolf?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
94.0-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-38507.json"
thunderbird

Package

Name
thunderbird
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/thunderbird?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
91.3.2-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-38507.json"
Alpine:v3.24
librewolf

Package

Name
librewolf
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/librewolf?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
94.0-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-38507.json"