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Alpine Linux: CVE-2021-43538: Race Condition

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2021-43538: Race Condition

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
12/08/2021
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
08/23/2024

Description

By misusing a race in our notification code, an attacker could have forcefully hidden the notification for pages that had received full screen and pointer lock access, which could have been used for spoofing attacks. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.4.0, Firefox ESR < 91.4.0, and Firefox < 95.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-firefox-esr
  • alpine-linux-upgrade-firefox
  • alpine-linux-upgrade-thunderbird

References

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