Information disclosure in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR - CVE-2023-28163

Vulnerability identifier: #VU73674

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-28163

CWE-ID: CWE-200

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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.

Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
Gentoo Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
SUSE Enterprise Storage
SUSE OpenStack Cloud
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar
Oracle Solaris
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 BCL
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 ESPOS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 LTSS
Slackware Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS
Desktop Applications Module
SUSE Package Hub 15
openSUSE Leap
Mozilla Thunderbird
IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Monitoring
seamonkey
mozilla-thunderbird
mozilla-firefox
MozillaFirefox-debugsource
MozillaFirefox-translations-common
MozillaFirefox-devel
MozillaFirefox
MozillaFirefox-debuginfo
MozillaFirefox-translations-other
MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common
MozillaThunderbird
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other
mail-client/thunderbird
mail-client/thunderbird-bin
www-client/firefox
Synthetic Playback Agent

Install updates from vendor's website.

Mozilla Firefox - update to 111.0
Firefox ESR - update to 102.9.0
Mozilla Thunderbird - update to 102.9.0
IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Monitoring - update to 2.3 Fix Pack 7
seamonkey - update to 2.53.16
Synthetic Playback Agent - update to 8.1.4 IF18
mozilla-thunderbird - update to 102.9.0
mozilla-firefox - addressed in versions 102.9.0esr, 111.0
MozillaFirefox-debugsource - addressed in versions 102.9.0-112.153.1, 102.9.0-150000.150.79.1, 102.9.0-150200.152.81.1
MozillaFirefox-translations-common - addressed in versions 102.9.0-112.153.1, 102.9.0-150000.150.79.1, 102.9.0-150200.152.81.1
MozillaFirefox-devel - addressed in versions 102.9.0-112.153.1, 102.9.0-150000.150.79.1, 102.9.0-150200.152.81.1
MozillaFirefox - addressed in versions 102.9.0-112.153.1, 102.9.0-150000.150.79.1, 102.9.0-150200.152.81.1
MozillaFirefox-debuginfo - addressed in versions 102.9.0-112.153.1, 102.9.0-150000.150.79.1, 102.9.0-150200.152.81.1
MozillaFirefox-translations-other - addressed in versions 102.9.0-150000.150.79.1, 102.9.0-150200.152.81.1
MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream - update to 102.9.0-150200.152.81.1
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource - update to 102.9.1-150200.8.110.2
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo - update to 102.9.1-150200.8.110.2
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common - update to 102.9.1-150200.8.110.2
MozillaThunderbird - update to 102.9.1-150200.8.110.2
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other - update to 102.9.1-150200.8.110.2
mail-client/thunderbird - update to 102.10.0
mail-client/thunderbird-bin - update to 102.10.0
www-client/firefox - update to 104

• https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-10/
• https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-09/

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox
• Slackware Linux update for mozilla-firefox
• SUSE update for MozillaFirefox
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Mozilla Thunderbird
• SUSE update for MozillaFirefox
• Slackware Linux update for mozilla-thunderbird
• SUSE update for MozillaFirefox
• SUSE update for MozillaThunderbird
• Slackware Linux update for seamonkey
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle Solaris third-party software
• Multiple vulnerabilities in APM Synthetic Playback Agent
• Gentoo update for Mozilla Thunderbird
• Gentoo update for Mozilla Firefox
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Monitoring