Serious Security Vulnerability in Tails 5.0 (2022-05-24) - Update Available 31May
by janrinok from SoylentNews on (#5ZM3Y)
An Anonymous Coward writes:
https://tails.boum.org/security/prototype_pollution/index.en.html
"Tor Browser in Tails 5.0 and earlier is unsafe to use for sensitive information.
We recommend that you stop using Tails until the release of 5.1 (May 31) if you use Tor Browser for sensitive information (passwords, private messages, personal information, etc.).
A security vulnerability was discovered in the JavaScript engine of Firefox and Tor Browser. See the Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory[1] 2022-19
This vulnerability allows a malicious website to bypass some of the security built in Tor Browser and access information from other websites.
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