Security features bypass in Mozilla products - CVE-2024-1555

 

Security features bypass in Mozilla products - CVE-2024-1555

Published: February 20, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU86646
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-2024-1555
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 browser does not properly respect SameSite cookies when the website is opened using the "firefox://" protocol handler. A remote attacker can bypass implemented security restrictions and gain access to sensitive information.


Affected software

Firefox for iOS
Firefox for Android
Mozilla Firefox
Gentoo Linux
Ubuntu
openEuler
www-client/firefox
firefox (Ubuntu package)
firefox
firefox-debuginfo
firefox-debugsource

How to mitigate CVE-2024-1555

Install updates from vendor's website.

Firefox for iOS - update to 123.0
Firefox for Android - update to 123.0
Mozilla Firefox - update to 123.0
www-client/firefox - update to 104
firefox (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 123.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 123.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
firefox - update to 128.8.0-1
firefox-debuginfo - update to 128.8.0-1
firefox-debugsource - update to 128.8.0-1

External References

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