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Red Hat: CVE-2022-22754: CVE-2022-22754 Mozilla: Extensions could have bypassed permission confirmation during update (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2022-22754: CVE-2022-22754 Mozilla: Extensions could have bypassed permission confirmation during update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/14/2022
Created
02/18/2022
Added
02/17/2022
Modified
12/15/2023

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)

  • redhat-upgrade-firefox
  • redhat-upgrade-firefox-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-firefox-debugsource
  • redhat-upgrade-thunderbird
  • redhat-upgrade-thunderbird-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-thunderbird-debugsource

References

  • CVE-2022-22754
  • RHSA-2022:0510
  • RHSA-2022:0511
  • RHSA-2022:0512
  • RHSA-2022:0514
  • RHSA-2022:0535
  • RHSA-2022:0536
  • RHSA-2022:0537
  • RHSA-2022:0538
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