SB2023053005 - Gentoo update for Mozilla Firefox
Published: May 30, 2023
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 43 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-0767)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing PKCS 12 Safe Bag attributes. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted PKCS 12 cert bundle, trick the victim into loading it, trigger an out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
2) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-1945)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the Safe Browsing API. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted website, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
3) Double Free (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-1999)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in libwebp. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted page, trigger a double free error and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
4) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-25728)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to the Content-Security-Policy-Report-Only header can leak a child iframe's unredacted URI when interaction with that iframe triggers a redirect. A remote attacker can gain access to potentially sensitive information.
5) Insufficient UI Warning of Dangerous Operations (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-25729)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.
The vulnerability exists due to missing permissions prompts for opening external schemes were only shown for ContentPrincipals. A malicious extension can open external schemes without user interaction via ExpandedPrincipals and perform other potentially dangerous actions, such as downloading files or interacting with software already installed on the system.
6) Spoofing attack (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-25730)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.
The vulnerability exists due to the possibility of screen hijacking. A background script invoking requestFullscreen and then blocking the main thread could force the browser into fullscreen mode indefinitely, resulting in potential user confusion or spoofing attacks.
7) Prototype pollution (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-25731)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScrpit code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to URL previews in the network panel of developer tools improperly store URLs. A remote attacker can use query parameters to overwrite global objects in privileged code when rendering URLPreview and perform prototype pollution.
8) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-25732)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within EncodeInputStream when encoding data from an inputStream in xpcom. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted website, trick the victim into opening it, trigger an out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
9) Security features bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-25734)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to an error when handling Windows .url shortcuts that are opened by the browser from the local filesystem. A remote attacker can trick the victim into launching a specially crafted shortcut that then initiates network requests from the operating system to the malicious server. A remote attacker can obtain potentially sensitive information including NTLM credentials.
Note, the vulnerability affects Windows installations only.
10) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-25735)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in SpiderMonkey when in the way cross-compartment wrappers wrapping a scripted proxy. A remote attacker can execute arbitrary code on the target system.
11) Type conversion (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-25737)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.
The vulnerability exists due to an invalid downcast from nsTextNode to SVGElement in SVGUtils::SetupStrokeGeometry(). A remote attacker can trigger type conversion error and potentially execute arbitrary code.
12) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-25738)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a missing validation of members of the DEVMODEW struct set by the printer device driver while printing web page in Windows. A remote attacker can trick the victim to print a specially crafted web page and crash the browser.
Note, the vulnerability affects Windows installations only.
13) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-25739)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in mozilla::dom::ScriptLoadContext::~ScriptLoadContext(). Module load requests that failed were not being checked as to whether or not they were cancelled in ScriptLoadContext. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page, trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
14) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-25742)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in Web Crypto ImportKey when importing SPKI RSA public key as ECDSA P-256. A remote attacker can trick the victim to import the public key and crash the browser tab.
15) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-25746)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing web content. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted website, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
16) Insufficient UI Warning of Dangerous Operations (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-25748)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a spoofing attack.
The vulnerability exists due to the way the fullscreen notification is displayed. A remote attacker can hide fullscreen notification using a prompt with a long description the perform spoofing attack.17) Improper access control (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-25749)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary applications on the device.
The vulnerability exists due to improper access restrictions when using intents. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website and launch arbitrary installed applications on the device from the browser without any use prompt.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise the affected device.
18) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-25750)
The vulnerability allows an attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to an unspecified error, which can cause the ServiceWorker's offline cache to be leaked to the file system when using private browsing mode. As a result, an attacker can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information on the system.
19) Code Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-25751)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation when invalidating JIT code while following an iterator. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
20) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-25752)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition when accessing throttled streams. A remote attacker can trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.
21) Insufficient UI Warning of Dangerous Operations (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-28159)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a spoofing attack.
The vulnerability exists due to the fullscreen notification can have been hidden with download popups. A remote attacker can perform spoofing attack.
22) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-28160)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to browser translates the URL to the actual local path when following a redirect to a publicly accessible web extension file. A remote attacker can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information on the system.
23) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-28161)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to otherwise restricted functionality.
The vulnerability exists due to way one-time permissions are handled with the browser tab. If temporary "one-time" permissions, such as the ability to use the Camera, were granted to a document loaded using a file: URL, that permission persisted in that tab for all other documents loaded from a file: URL.
24) Type conversion (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-28162)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.
The vulnerability exists due to an invalid downcast in AudioWorklets. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted web page and execute arbitrary code on the system.
25) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-28163)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to excessive data output by the application when downloading files through the Save As dialog on Windows with suggested filenames containing environment variable names. A remote attacker can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information on the system.
Note, the vulnerability affects only Windows installations.
26) Spoofing attack (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-28164)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect processing of user-supplied data when dragging a URL from a cross-origin iframe. A remote attacker can spoof page content.
27) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-28176)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing HTML conent. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted website, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
28) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-28177)
The 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 create a specially crafted website, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
29) Spoofing attack (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-29533)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect processing of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can hide the fullscreen notification by using a combination of window.open, fullscreen requests, window.name assignments, and setInterval calls.
30) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-29535)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error during Garbage Collector compaction. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted website, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
31) Release of invalid pointer or reference (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-29536)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to an invalid free operation from JavaScript code. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code.
32) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-29537)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.
The vulnerability exists due to multiple race conditions in font initialization code. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a malicious website, trigger a race condition and execute arbitrary code
33) File and directory information exposure (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-29538)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to the way WebExtension handles the "jar:file:///" URI during the request load. A remote attacker can obtain directory paths on the user's machine.
34) Security features bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-29539)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.
The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of filename directive in the Content-Disposition header, which leads to filename truncation if it contains a NULL character. A remote attacker can abuse such behavior and trick the victim into downloading a malicious file.
35) Security features bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-29540)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect processing of iframes. A remote attacker can use a redirect embedded into sourceMappingUrls to allow navigation to external protocol links in sandboxed iframes without allow-top-navigation-to-custom-protocols.
36) Security features bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-29541)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.
The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of filenames ending with .desktop. A remote attacker can trick the victim into downloading a malicious file and execute it on the system.The vulnerability affects Firefox on Linux only.
37) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-29543)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in debugging APIs. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website, trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
38) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-29544)
The 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 create a specially crafted website, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
39) Spoofing attack (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-29547)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insecure handling of cookies in Firefox cookie jar. When a secure cookie existed in the Firefox cookie jar an insecure cookie for the same domain could have been created, when it should have silently failed. This could have led to a desynchronization in expected results when reading from the secure cookie.
40) Processor optimization removal or modification of security-critical code (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-29548)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to usage of a wrong lowering instruction in the ARM64 Ion compiler. A remote attacker can gain access to sensitive information.
41) Security features bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-29549)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass certain security restrictions.
The vulnerability exists due to an error in JavaScript bind functionality. Under certain circumstances, a call to the bind function may have resulted in the incorrect realm. This may have created a vulnerability relating to JavaScript-implemented sandboxes such as SES.
42) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-29550)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when parsing HTML content. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted website, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
43) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-29551)
The 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 create a specially crafted website, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Remediation
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