CVE-2022-29916 Affecting firefox package, versions <0:91.9.0-1.0.1.el9_0


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.14% (51st percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE9-FIREFOX-2938867
  • published 5 May 2022
  • disclosed 22 Dec 2022

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:9 firefox to version 0:91.9.0-1.0.1.el9_0 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2022-4590.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox package and not the firefox package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

Firefox behaved slightly differently for already known resources when loading CSS resources involving CSS variables. This could have been used to probe the browser history. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.9, Firefox ESR < 91.9, and Firefox < 100.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

6.5 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    None
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SUSE

7.5 high