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MFSA2023-34 Firefox: Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 117 (CVE-2023-4579)

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MFSA2023-34 Firefox: Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 117 (CVE-2023-4579)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/29/2023
Created
08/30/2023
Added
08/30/2023
Modified
09/16/2023

Description

Search queries in the default search engine could appear to have been the currently navigated URL if the search query itself was a well formed URL. This could have led to a site spoofing another if it had been maliciously set as the default search engine. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 117.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-firefox-upgrade-117_0

References

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