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Debian: CVE-2022-22754: firefox-esr, thunderbird -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2022-22754: firefox-esr, thunderbird -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/11/2022
Created
02/12/2022
Added
02/11/2022
Modified
01/04/2023

Description

If a user installed an extension of a particular type, the extension could have auto-updated itself and while doing so, bypass the prompt which grants the new version the new requested permissions. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 97, Thunderbird < 91.6, and Firefox ESR < 91.6.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-firefox-esr
  • debian-upgrade-thunderbird

References

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