vulnerability

Oracle Linux: CVE-2022-40956: ELSA-2022-6700: firefox security update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
Sep 20, 2022
Added
Sep 29, 2022
Modified
Dec 3, 2025

Description

When injecting an HTML base element, some requests would ignore the CSP's base-uri settings and accept the injected element's base instead. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 102.3, Thunderbird < 102.3, and Firefox < 105.
A flaw was found in Mozilla. The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes the issue that when injecting an HTML base element; some requests would ignore the CSP's base-uri settings and accept the injected element's base instead.

Solutions

oracle-linux-upgrade-firefoxoracle-linux-upgrade-thunderbird
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