vulnerability
Alma Linux: CVE-2023-23598: Important: firefox security update (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N) | Jan 23, 2023 | Jan 25, 2023 | Mar 31, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Published
Jan 23, 2023
Added
Jan 25, 2023
Modified
Mar 31, 2026
Description
Due to the Firefox GTK wrapper code's use of text/plain for drag data and GTK treating all text/plain MIMEs containing file URLs as being dragged a website could arbitrarily read a file via a call to `DataTransfer.setData`. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 109, Firefox ESR < 102.7, and Thunderbird < 102.7.
Solutions
alma-upgrade-firefoxalma-upgrade-thunderbird
References
- CVE-2023-23598
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2023-23598
- EUVD-EUVD-2023-27698
- https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2023-0288.html
- https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2023-0463.html
- https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2023-0285.html
- https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2023-0476.html
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2023-27698
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