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SUSE: CVE-2020-12423: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2020-12423: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
07/08/2020
Created
07/11/2020
Added
07/09/2020
Modified
10/22/2021

Description

When the Windows DLL "webauthn.dll" was missing from the Operating System, and a malicious one was placed in a folder in the user's %PATH%, Firefox may have loaded the DLL, leading to arbitrary code execution. *Note: This issue only affects the Windows operating system; other operating systems are unaffected.* This vulnerability affects Firefox < 78.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-mozillafirefox
  • suse-upgrade-mozillafirefox-branding-sle
  • suse-upgrade-mozillafirefox-branding-sled
  • suse-upgrade-mozillafirefox-branding-upstream
  • suse-upgrade-mozillafirefox-buildsymbols
  • suse-upgrade-mozillafirefox-devel
  • suse-upgrade-mozillafirefox-translations-common
  • suse-upgrade-mozillafirefox-translations-other

References

  • SUSE-SU-2020:14421-1
  • SUSE-SU-2020:1898-1
  • SUSE-SU-2020:1899-1
  • CVE-2020-12423

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