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Alpine Linux: CVE-2022-22758: Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2022-22758: Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
12/22/2022
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
10/01/2024

Description

When clicking on a tel: link, USSD codes, specified after a <code>\*</code> character, would be included in the phone number. On certain phones, or on certain carriers, if the number was dialed this could perform actions on a user's account, similar to a cross-site request forgery attack.<br>*This bug only affects Firefox for Android. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 97.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-firefox

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