Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type Affecting firefox package, versions <0:102.10.0-1.el8_1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (57th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-FIREFOX-5424644
  • published12 Apr 2023
  • disclosed11 Apr 2023

Introduced: 11 Apr 2023

CVE-2023-29541  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-434  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 firefox to version 0:102.10.0-1.el8_1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:1792.

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.

Firefox did not properly handle downloads of files ending in <code>.desktop</code>, which can be interpreted to run attacker-controlled commands. <br>This bug only affects Firefox for Linux on certain Distributions. Other operating systems are unaffected, and Mozilla is unable to enumerate all affected Linux Distributions.. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 112, Focus for Android < 112, Firefox ESR < 102.10, Firefox for Android < 112, and Thunderbird < 102.10.

CVSS Scores

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