Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges Affecting firefox-x11 package, versions <0:102.14.0-1.el9_2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (58th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-FIREFOXX11-5820098
  • published2 Aug 2023
  • disclosed1 Aug 2023

Introduced: 1 Aug 2023

CVE-2023-4047  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-280  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 firefox-x11 to version 0:102.14.0-1.el9_2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:4462.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox-x11 package and not the firefox-x11 package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

A bug in popup notifications delay calculation could have made it possible for an attacker to trick a user into granting permissions. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 116, Firefox ESR < 102.14, and Firefox ESR < 115.1.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1