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Debian: CVE-2023-25729: firefox-esr, thunderbird -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2023-25729: firefox-esr, thunderbird -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/17/2023
Created
02/18/2023
Added
02/17/2023
Modified
06/12/2023

Description

Permission prompts for opening external schemes were only shown for <code>ContentPrincipals</code> resulting in extensions being able to open them without user interaction via <code>ExpandedPrincipals</code>. This could lead to further malicious actions such as downloading files or interacting with software already installed on the system. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 110, Thunderbird < 102.8, and Firefox ESR < 102.8.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-firefox-esr
  • debian-upgrade-thunderbird

References

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