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Red Hat: CVE-2022-46872: CVE-2022-46872 Mozilla: Arbitrary file read from a compromised content process (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2022-46872: CVE-2022-46872 Mozilla: Arbitrary file read from a compromised content process (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/16/2022
Created
12/16/2022
Added
12/16/2022
Modified
09/03/2024

Description

An attacker who compromised a content process could have partially escaped the sandbox to read arbitrary files via clipboard-related IPC messages.<br>*This bug only affects Thunderbird for Linux. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 108, Firefox ESR < 102.6, and Thunderbird < 102.6.

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-2022-46872
  • RHSA-2022:9065
  • RHSA-2022:9066
  • RHSA-2022:9067
  • RHSA-2022:9068
  • RHSA-2022:9069
  • RHSA-2022:9072
  • RHSA-2022:9074
  • RHSA-2022:9075
  • RHSA-2022:9078
  • RHSA-2022:9079
  • RHSA-2022:9080
  • RHSA-2022:9081
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