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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2022-42931): Firefox vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2022-42931): Firefox vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/01/2022
Created
11/03/2022
Added
11/02/2022
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

Logins saved by Firefox should be managed by the Password Manager component which uses encryption to save files on-disk. Instead, the username (not password) was saved by the Form Manager to an unencrypted file on disk. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 106.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-firefox

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