CVE-2023-23598 Affecting firefox-debuginfo package, versions <0:102.7.0-1.el9_1


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (47th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY9-FIREFOXDEBUGINFO-3267664
  • published3 Feb 2023
  • disclosed2 Jun 2023

Introduced: 3 Feb 2023

CVE-2023-23598  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:9 firefox-debuginfo to version 0:102.7.0-1.el9_1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2023:0285.

NVD Description

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

Due to the Firefox GTK wrapper code's use of text/plain for drag data and GTK treating all text/plain MIMEs containing file URLs as being dragged a website could arbitrarily read a file via a call to <code>DataTransfer.setData</code>. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 109, Thunderbird < 102.7, and Firefox ESR < 102.7.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1