Improper Authentication Affecting mozilla-mobile/mozilla-vpn-client package, versions [,2.16.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (26th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MOZILLAMOBILEMOZILLAVPNCLIENT-5820009
  • published4 Aug 2023
  • disclosed4 Aug 2023
  • creditMatthias Gerstner

Introduced: 4 Aug 2023

CVE-2023-4104  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mozilla-mobile/mozilla-vpn-client to version 2.16.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Authentication. Arbitrary local users can configure arbitrary VPN setups using Mozilla VPN and thus possibly redirect network traffic to malicious parties, pretend that a secure VPN is present while it actually isn't, perform a denial-of-service against an existing VPN connection or other integrity violations.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1