Improper Preservation of Permissions Affecting firefox package, versions <0:78.10.0-1.el8_3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.34% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-FIREFOX-4036522
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed19 Apr 2021

Introduced: 19 Apr 2021

CVE-2021-23999  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-281  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 firefox to version 0:78.10.0-1.el8_3 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2021:1360.

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:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

If a Blob URL was loaded through some unusual user interaction, it could have been loaded by the System Principal and granted additional privileges that should not be granted to web content. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 78.10, Thunderbird < 78.10, and Firefox < 88.

CVSS Scores

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