Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information Affecting firefox package, versions <106.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (4th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-FIREFOX-3086864
  • published27 Oct 2022
  • disclosed22 Dec 2022

Introduced: 27 Oct 2022

CVE-2022-42931  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-312  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:20.04 firefox to version 106.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox package and not the firefox package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:20.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

Logins saved by Firefox should be managed by the Password Manager component which uses encryption to save files on-disk. Instead, the username (not password) was saved by the Form Manager to an unencrypted file on disk. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 106.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1