Security features bypass in Mozilla products - CVE-2022-40956

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Security features bypass in Mozilla products - CVE-2022-40956

Published: September 20, 2022 / Updated: October 20, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU67503
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-2022-40956
CWE-ID: CWE-254
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to some requests may ignore the CSP's base-uri settings when handling HTML base element injection. A remote attacker can force the browser to accept the injected element's base instead of the original code, leading to Content Security Policy bypass.


Affected software

Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
Pale Moon
Firefox for Android
Gentoo Linux
Debian Linux
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian
Anolis OS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Storage
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Oracle Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
SUSE OpenStack Cloud
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar
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
mail-client/thunderbird
mail-client/thunderbird-bin
mozilla-firefox
firefox-esr (Debian package)
thunderbird (Debian package)
thunderbird (Red Hat package)
thunderbird
firefox (Red Hat package)
firefox
MozillaFirefox-devel
MozillaFirefox-translations-common
MozillaFirefox-debuginfo
MozillaFirefox
MozillaFirefox-debugsource
MozillaFirefox-translations-other
MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource
MozillaThunderbird
thunderbird (Ubuntu package)
MozillaFirefox-branding-SLE
www-client/firefox
firefox (Ubuntu package)
Mozilla Thunderbird
IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Monitoring
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM)

How to mitigate CVE-2022-40956

Install updates from vendor's website.

Mozilla Firefox - update to 105.0
Firefox ESR - update to 102.3.0
Firefox for Android - update to 105.1.0
Pale Moon - update to 31.3.0
Mozilla Thunderbird - update to 102.3.0
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 - update to 102.3.0
mail-client/thunderbird-bin - update to 102.3.0
mozilla-firefox - addressed in versions 102.3.0esr, 105.0
firefox-esr (Debian package) - update to 102.3.0esr-1~deb11u1
thunderbird (Debian package) - update to 1:102.3.0-1~deb11u1
thunderbird (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 102.3.0-3.el7_9, 102.3.0-3.el8_1, 102.3.0-3.el8_2, 102.3.0-3.el8_4, 102.3.0-3.el8_6, 102.3.0-3.el9_0
thunderbird - addressed in versions 102.3.0-3.0.1, 102.3.0-3.0.2
firefox (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 102.3.0-6.el7_9, 102.3.0-6.el8_1, 102.3.0-6.el8_2, 102.3.0-6.el8_4, 102.3.0-6.el8_6, 102.3.0-6.el9_0
firefox - addressed in versions 102.3.0-6.0.1, 102.3.0-6.0.2
MozillaFirefox-devel - addressed in versions 102.3.0-112.133.1, 102.3.0-150000.150.59.2, 102.3.0-150200.152.61.1
MozillaFirefox-translations-common - addressed in versions 102.3.0-112.133.1, 102.3.0-150000.150.59.2, 102.3.0-150200.152.61.1
MozillaFirefox-debuginfo - addressed in versions 102.3.0-112.133.1, 102.3.0-150000.150.59.2, 102.3.0-150200.152.61.1
MozillaFirefox - addressed in versions 102.3.0-112.133.1, 102.3.0-150000.150.59.2, 102.3.0-150200.152.61.1
MozillaFirefox-debugsource - addressed in versions 102.3.0-112.133.1, 102.3.0-150000.150.59.2, 102.3.0-150200.152.61.1
MozillaFirefox-translations-other - addressed in versions 102.3.0-150000.150.59.2, 102.3.0-150200.152.61.1
MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream - update to 102.3.0-150200.152.61.1
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo - update to 102.4.0-150200.8.85.1
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other - update to 102.4.0-150200.8.85.1
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common - update to 102.4.0-150200.8.85.1
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource - update to 102.4.0-150200.8.85.1
MozillaThunderbird - update to 102.4.0-150200.8.85.1
thunderbird (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.22.10.1
MozillaFirefox-branding-SLE - update to 102-150200.9.10.1
www-client/firefox - update to 104
firefox (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 105.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 105.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

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