Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Mozilla products - CVE-2022-38473

 

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Mozilla products - CVE-2022-38473

Published: August 23, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU66720
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-38473
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrectly imposed security restrictions on a cross-origin iframe referencing an XSLT document. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website and inherit the parent domain's permissions to access microphone or camera.


Affected software

Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
Firefox for Android
Gentoo Linux
Debian Linux
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian
CentOS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Anolis OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
SUSE Linux Enterprise Storage
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar
SUSE OpenStack Cloud
Oracle Solaris
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit
Slackware Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Packagehub Subpackages
thunderbird (Red Hat package)
firefox (Red Hat package)
mail-client/thunderbird-bin
mail-client/thunderbird
mozilla-thunderbird
mozilla-firefox
firefox-esr (Debian package)
thunderbird (Debian package)
firefox
thunderbird
MozillaFirefox-translations-common
MozillaFirefox-devel
MozillaFirefox
MozillaFirefox-debuginfo
MozillaFirefox-debugsource
MozillaFirefox-translations-other
MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream
MozillaFirefox-branding-SLE
thunderbird (Ubuntu package)
MozillaThunderbird
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other
firefox (Ubuntu package)
www-client/firefox
Mozilla Thunderbird
IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Monitoring
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM)

How to mitigate CVE-2022-38473

Install updates from vendor's website.

Mozilla Firefox - update to 104.0
Firefox for Android - update to 104.1.0
Firefox ESR - addressed in versions 91.13.0, 102.2.0
Mozilla Thunderbird - addressed in versions 91.13.0, 102.2.0
thunderbird (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 91.13.0-1.el7_9, 91.13.0-1.el8_1, 91.13.0-1.el8_2, 91.13.0-1.el8_4, 91.13.0-1.el8_6, 91.13.0-1.el9_0
firefox (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 91.13.0-1.el7_9, 91.13.0-1.el8_1, 91.13.0-1.el8_2, 91.13.0-1.el8_4, 91.13.0-1.el8_6, 91.13.0-1.el9_0
IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Monitoring - update to 2.3 Fix Pack 6
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM) - update to 8.1.4.0.16
mail-client/thunderbird-bin - update to 91.13.0
mail-client/thunderbird - update to 91.13.0
mozilla-thunderbird - update to 91.13.0
mozilla-firefox - addressed in versions 91.13.0esr, 102.2.0esr, 104.0
firefox-esr (Debian package) - update to 91.13.0esr-1~deb11u1
thunderbird (Debian package) - update to 1:91.13.0-1~deb11u1
firefox - update to 91.13.0-1.0.1
thunderbird - update to 91.13.0-1.0.1
MozillaFirefox-translations-common - addressed in versions 91.13.0-112.127.4, 91.13.0-150000.150.53.1, 91.13.0-150200.152.56.2, 102.2.0-112.130.1, 102.2.0-150000.150.56.1, 102.3.0-150200.152.61.1
MozillaFirefox-devel - addressed in versions 91.13.0-112.127.4, 91.13.0-150000.150.53.1, 91.13.0-150200.152.56.2, 102.2.0-112.130.1, 102.2.0-150000.150.56.1, 102.3.0-150200.152.61.1
MozillaFirefox - addressed in versions 91.13.0-112.127.4, 91.13.0-150000.150.53.1, 91.13.0-150200.152.56.2, 102.2.0-112.130.1, 102.2.0-150000.150.56.1, 102.3.0-150200.152.61.1
MozillaFirefox-debuginfo - addressed in versions 91.13.0-112.127.4, 91.13.0-150000.150.53.1, 91.13.0-150200.152.56.2, 102.2.0-112.130.1, 102.2.0-150000.150.56.1, 102.3.0-150200.152.61.1
MozillaFirefox-debugsource - addressed in versions 91.13.0-112.127.4, 91.13.0-150000.150.53.1, 91.13.0-150200.152.56.2, 102.2.0-112.130.1, 102.2.0-150000.150.56.1, 102.3.0-150200.152.61.1
MozillaFirefox-translations-other - addressed in versions 91.13.0-150000.150.53.1, 91.13.0-150200.152.56.2, 102.2.0-150000.150.56.1, 102.3.0-150200.152.61.1
MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream - addressed in versions 91.13.0-150200.152.56.2, 102.3.0-150200.152.61.1
MozillaFirefox-branding-SLE - addressed in versions 91-150200.9.7.1, 102-35.9.1, 102-150000.4.22.1, 102-150200.9.10.1
thunderbird (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1:102.2.2+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 1:102.2.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 1:102.2.2+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
MozillaThunderbird - update to 102.2.2-150200.8.82.1
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo - update to 102.2.2-150200.8.82.1
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource - update to 102.2.2-150200.8.82.1
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common - update to 102.2.2-150200.8.82.1
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other - update to 102.2.2-150200.8.82.1
firefox (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 104.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 104.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
www-client/firefox - update to 104

External References

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