Improper Preservation of Permissions Affecting firefox package, versions <0:91.9.0-1.el8_2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.21% (60th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-FIREFOX-4044204
  • published4 May 2022
  • disclosed3 May 2022

Introduced: 3 May 2022

CVE-2022-29909  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-281  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 firefox to version 0:91.9.0-1.el8_2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2022:1704.

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.

Documents in deeply-nested cross-origin browsing contexts could have obtained permissions granted to the top-level origin, bypassing the existing prompt and wrongfully inheriting the top-level permissions. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.9, Firefox ESR < 91.9, and Firefox < 100.

CVSS Scores

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