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Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting firefox package, versions <0:102.3.0-6.0.1.el9_0

Severity

 Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.1% (44th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE9-FIREFOX-3035129
  • published 29 Sep 2022
  • disclosed 22 Dec 2022
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Introduced: 29 Sep 2022

CVE-2022-40958 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-74 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:9 firefox to version 0:102.3.0-6.0.1.el9_0 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2022-6700.

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.

By injecting a cookie with certain special characters, an attacker on a shared subdomain which is not a secure context could set and thus overwrite cookies from a secure context, leading to session fixation and other attacks. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 102.3, Thunderbird < 102.3, and Firefox < 105.

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)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    None
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SUSE

6.5 medium