Security features bypass in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox for Android - CVE-2023-3482

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Security features bypass in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox for Android - CVE-2023-3482

Published: July 4, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU77945
CSH Severity: Medium
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-2023-3482
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 an error when Firefox is configured to block storage of all cookies. It is still possible to store data in localstorage by using an iframe with a source of 'about:blank'. A remote attacker can abuse such behavior to store tracking data without victim's permission.


Affected software

Mozilla Firefox
Firefox for Android
Gentoo Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 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 Server
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Enterprise Storage
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar
SUSE OpenStack Cloud
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 BCL
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 ESPOS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS
Desktop Applications Module
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
openEuler
www-client/firefox
firefox (Ubuntu package)
MozillaFirefox-debugsource
MozillaFirefox-translations-common
MozillaFirefox-debuginfo
MozillaFirefox
MozillaFirefox-devel
MozillaFirefox-translations-other
MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream
MozillaFirefox-branding-SLE
firefox
firefox-debuginfo
firefox-debugsource

How to mitigate CVE-2023-3482

Install updates from vendor's website.

Mozilla Firefox - update to 115.0
Firefox for Android - update to 115.0
www-client/firefox - update to 104
firefox (Ubuntu package) - update to 115.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.3
MozillaFirefox-debugsource - addressed in versions 115.0-112.165.1, 115.0-150000.150.91.1, 115.0-150200.152.93.1
MozillaFirefox-translations-common - addressed in versions 115.0-112.165.1, 115.0-150000.150.91.1, 115.0-150200.152.93.1
MozillaFirefox-debuginfo - addressed in versions 115.0-112.165.1, 115.0-150000.150.91.1, 115.0-150200.152.93.1
MozillaFirefox - addressed in versions 115.0-112.165.1, 115.0-150000.150.91.1, 115.0-150200.152.93.1
MozillaFirefox-devel - addressed in versions 115.0-112.165.1, 115.0-150000.150.91.1, 115.0-150200.152.93.1
MozillaFirefox-translations-other - addressed in versions 115.0-150000.150.91.1, 115.0-150200.152.93.1
MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream - update to 115.0-150200.152.93.1
MozillaFirefox-branding-SLE - addressed in versions 115-35.12.2, 115-150000.4.25.1, 115-150200.9.13.1
firefox - update to 128.8.0-1
firefox-debuginfo - update to 128.8.0-1
firefox-debugsource - update to 128.8.0-1

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