Arbitrary Command Injection Affecting firefox package, versions <0:102.7.0-1.el8_4


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (46th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-FIREFOX-4249362
  • published19 Jan 2023
  • disclosed17 Jan 2023

Introduced: 17 Jan 2023

CVE-2023-23599  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-77  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 firefox to version 0:102.7.0-1.el8_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:0295.

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.

When copying a network request from the developer tools panel as a curl command the output was not being properly sanitized and could allow arbitrary commands to be hidden within. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 109, Thunderbird < 102.7, and Firefox ESR < 102.7.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1