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Alma Linux: CVE-2022-22754: Important: firefox security update (Multiple Advisories)

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N)

Published

Feb 15, 2022

Added

May 4, 2022

Modified

Mar 31, 2026

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.

Solutions

alma-upgrade-firefoxalma-upgrade-thunderbird

References

CVE-2022-22754
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2022-22754
CWE-863
EUVD-EUVD-2022-27897
https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2022-0510.html
https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2022-0535.html
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2022-27897

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