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Red Hat: CVE-2021-38508: CVE-2021-38508 Mozilla: Permission Prompt could be overlaid, resulting in user confusion and potential spoofing (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2021-38508: CVE-2021-38508 Mozilla: Permission Prompt could be overlaid, resulting in user confusion and potential spoofing (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
11/03/2021
Created
11/10/2021
Added
11/09/2021
Modified
12/15/2023

Description

By displaying a form validity message in the correct location at the same time as a permission prompt (such as for geolocation), the validity message could have obscured the prompt, resulting in the user potentially being tricked into granting the permission. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 94, Thunderbird < 91.3, and Firefox ESR < 91.3.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-firefox
  • redhat-upgrade-firefox-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-firefox-debugsource
  • redhat-upgrade-thunderbird
  • redhat-upgrade-thunderbird-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-thunderbird-debugsource

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