Improper Preservation of Permissions Affecting firefox package, versions <0:91.7.0-3.el7_9


Severity

Recommended
critical

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (46th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-FIREFOX-7978302
  • published14 Sept 2024
  • disclosed8 Mar 2022

Introduced: 8 Mar 2022

CVE-2022-26386  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-281  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 firefox to version 0:91.7.0-3.el7_9 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2022:0824.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox package and not the firefox package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Previously Firefox for macOS and Linux would download temporary files to a user-specific directory in <code>/tmp</code>, but this behavior was changed to download them to <code>/tmp</code> where they could be affected by other local users. This behavior was reverted to the original, user-specific directory. <br>This bug only affects Firefox for macOS and Linux. Other operating systems are unaffected.. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 91.7 and Thunderbird < 91.7.

CVSS Scores

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