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Ubuntu: USN-5284-1 (CVE-2022-22757): Firefox vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-5284-1 (CVE-2022-22757): Firefox vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/14/2022
Created
03/25/2022
Added
02/15/2022
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

Remote Agent, used in WebDriver, did not validate the Host or Origin headers. This could have allowed websites to connect back locally to the user's browser to control it. <br>*This bug only affected Firefox when WebDriver was enabled, which is not the default configuration.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 97.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-firefox

References

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