Risk | High |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 9 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2023-23597 CVE-2023-23598 CVE-2023-23599 CVE-2023-23601 CVE-2023-23602 CVE-2023-23603 CVE-2023-23604 CVE-2023-23605 CVE-2023-23606 |
CWE-ID | CWE-254 CWE-264 CWE-78 CWE-185 CWE-119 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
Ubuntu Operating systems & Components / Operating system firefox (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component |
Vendor | Canonical Ltd. |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains information about 9 vulnerabilities.
EUVDB-ID: #VU71223
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.4 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-23597
CWE-ID:
CWE-254 - Security Features
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to read arbitrary files on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a logic error in the process allocation. A compromised web child process can disable the web security opening restrictions and spawn a new child process within the file://
context, providing the ability to read arbitrary files on the system.
Update the affected package firefox to the latest version.
Vulnerable software versionsUbuntu: 18.04 - 20.04
firefox (Ubuntu package): before 109.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2
External linkshttp://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5816-2
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU71224
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-23598
CWE-ID:
CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to read arbitrary files on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to improperly imposed security restrictions with the Firefox GTK wrapper. A remote attacker can trick the victim to perform certain actions on the web page, such as drag objects and read arbitrary files on the system via a call to DataTransfer.setData
.
Update the affected package firefox to the latest version.
Vulnerable software versionsUbuntu: 18.04 - 20.04
firefox (Ubuntu package): before 109.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2
External linkshttp://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5816-2
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU71225
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 5.9 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-23599
CWE-ID:
CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation when copying a network request from the developer tools panel as a curl command in devtools on Windows. A remote attacker can trick the victim to copy and paste data from the network request into a console and execute arbitrary commands.
Update the affected package firefox to the latest version.
Vulnerable software versionsUbuntu: 18.04 - 20.04
firefox (Ubuntu package): before 109.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2
External linkshttp://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5816-2
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU71227
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 3.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-23601
CWE-ID:
CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to the way browser treats dragging of URL from the cross-origin iframe into the same tab. A remote attacker can perform spoofing attack.
Update the affected package firefox to the latest version.
Vulnerable software versionsUbuntu: 18.04 - 20.04
firefox (Ubuntu package): before 109.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2
External linkshttp://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5816-2
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU71228
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-23602
CWE-ID:
CWE-254 - Security Features
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect processing of CSP. A mishandled security check when creating a WebSocket in a WebWorker caused the Content Security Policy connect-src header to be ignored. This could lead to connections to restricted origins from inside WebWorkers.
MitigationUpdate the affected package firefox to the latest version.
Vulnerable software versionsUbuntu: 18.04 - 20.04
firefox (Ubuntu package): before 109.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2
External linkshttp://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5816-2
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU71229
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 2.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-23603
CWE-ID:
CWE-185 - Incorrect Regular Expression
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.
The vulnerability exists due to usage of an incorrect regular expression when filtering out forbidden properties and values from style directives in calls to console.log
. A remote attacker can exfiltrate data from the victim's browser.
Update the affected package firefox to the latest version.
Vulnerable software versionsUbuntu: 18.04 - 20.04
firefox (Ubuntu package): before 109.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2
External linkshttp://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5816-2
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU71230
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 2.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-23604
CWE-ID:
CWE-254 - Security Features
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.
The vulnerability exists due to the possibility to create a duplicate SystemPrincipal
object when parsing a non-system html document via DOMParser::ParseFromSafeString
. This could have lead to bypassing web security checks.
Update the affected package firefox to the latest version.
Vulnerable software versionsUbuntu: 18.04 - 20.04
firefox (Ubuntu package): before 109.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2
External linkshttp://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5816-2
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU71231
Risk: High
CVSSv3.1: 7.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-23605
CWE-ID:
CWE-119 - Memory corruption
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing HTML content. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
MitigationUpdate the affected package firefox to the latest version.
Vulnerable software versionsUbuntu: 18.04 - 20.04
firefox (Ubuntu package): before 109.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2
External linkshttp://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5816-2
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU71232
Risk: High
CVSSv3.1: 7.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-23606
CWE-ID:
CWE-119 - Memory corruption
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing HTML content. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
MitigationUpdate the affected package firefox to the latest version.
Vulnerable software versionsUbuntu: 18.04 - 20.04
firefox (Ubuntu package): before 109.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2
External linkshttp://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5816-2
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.