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Oracle Linux: CVE-2022-22754: ELSA-2022-0538: thunderbird security update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

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Oracle Linux: CVE-2022-22754: ELSA-2022-0538: thunderbird security update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
02/08/2022
Created
02/18/2022
Added
02/15/2022
Modified
07/22/2024

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. A flaw was found in Mozilla. The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: If a user installed a particular type of extension, the extension could have auto-updated itself, and while doing so may have bypassed the prompt which grants the new version the new requested permissions.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-firefox
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-postgresql-pltcl
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-thunderbird

References

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