SB2022092680 - SUSE update for MozillaFirefox
Published: September 26, 2022
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 34 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Code Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-2200)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation when handling JavaScript attributes. A remote attacker can pass undesired attributes to JavaScript object and perform prototype pollution and execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the browser.
2) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-2505)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing HTML content. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
3) Security features bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-34468)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.
The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of the CSP sandbox header without "allow-scripts" option. A remote attacker use an iframe to bypass implemented CSP restriction and execute scripts if the user clicks on a javascript: link.
4) Security features bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-34469)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.
The vulnerability exists due to an error when handling TLC certificate errors on a domain protected by the HSTS header. A remote attacker can trick the victim into bypassing the error using the presented browser option.
5) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-34470)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in nsSHistory when handling XML documents. A remote attacker can trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
6) Reliance on Untrusted Inputs in a Security Decision (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-34471)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to force downgrade existing browser addons.
The vulnerability exists due to missing verification of the advertised version when installing addon updates. When downloading an update for an addon, the downloaded addon update's version is not verified to match the version selected from the manifest. If the manifest had been tampered with on the server, an attacker could trick the browser into downgrading the addon to a prior version.
7) Error Handling (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-34472)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to influence browser behavior.
The vulnerability exists due to improper error handling when processing unavailable PAC file. If a PAC URL is set and the server that hosts the PAC is unreachable, OCSP requests are blocked, resulting in incorrect error pages being shown.
8) Security features bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-34473)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.
The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of thexlink:hrefattribute of SVG <use> tags. A remote attacker can bypass the HTML Sanitizerand perform XSS attacks.9) Security features bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-34474)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.
The vulnerability exists due to an error when handling sandboxed iframes with allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation. A remote attacker can pass a redirect header to an external protocol to the browser and force the browser to process the redirect. The browser however will prompt the user as appropriate.
10) Security features bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-34475)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.
The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of SVG <use> tags that referenced a same-origin document. A remote attacker can bypass the HTML Sanitizer API by referencing a same-origin JavaScript file containing the script to be executed.
11) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-34476)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a spoofing attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of an indefinite SEQUENCE inside an indefinite GROUP when parsing ASN.1. A remote attacker can trick the browser into accessing a malformed ASN.1 and perform spoofing attack.
12) Origin validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-34477)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to origin validation error. The MediaError message property should be consistent to avoid leaking information about cross-origin resources, however for a same-site cross-origin resource, the message could have leaked information enabling XS-Leaks attacks.
13) Improper Authorization in Handler for Custom URL Scheme (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-34478)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.
The vulnerability exists due to insecure usage of URI handlers that allow usage of ms-msdt, search, and search-ms protocols. A remote attacker can trick the victim to click on a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary code on the system, if the victim accepts the browser prompt.
The vulnerability affects Firefox on Windows.
14) Improper Restriction of Rendered UI Layers or Frames (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-34479)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of resizing event for a popup window. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted website that can create a resized popup to overlay the address bar with its own content and perform spoofing attack.
Note, the vulnerability affects Linux installations only.
15) Access of Uninitialized Pointer (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-34480)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to crash the browser.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the lg_init() function when handling several allocations. A remote attacker can cause browser crash.
16) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-34481)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in the nsTArray_Impl::ReplaceElementsAt() function. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website, trigger an integer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
17) Insufficient UI Warning of Dangerous Operations (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-34482)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient UI warning when performing drag and drop operations. A remote attacker can trick the victim to drag and drop an image to a filesystem, manipulate the resulting filename to contain executable extension and execute arbitrary application on the system.
18) Insufficient UI Warning of Dangerous Operations (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-34483)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient UI warning when performing drag and drop operations. A remote attacker can trick the victim to drag and drop an image to a filesystem, manipulate the resulting filename to contain executable extension and execute arbitrary application on the system.
19) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-34484)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing HTML content. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted website, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
20) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-34485)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing HTML content. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
21) Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-36314)
The vulnerability allows an attacker to initiate unintended actions.
The vulnerability exists due to an error when opening .lnk shortcuts on the system. If the shortcut contains a link to an external resource the browser can initiate network requests from the operating system.
The vulnerability affects Windows installations only.
22) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-36318)
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data when visiting directory listings for chrome:// URLs as source text. A remote attacker can execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
23) Spoofing attack (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-36319)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.
The vulnerability exists due to an error, related to mouse pointer positioning when combining CSS properties for overflow and transform. A remote attacker can trick the victim into interacting with mouse cursor with different coordinates than displayed.
24) Spoofing attack (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-38472)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect processing of XSLT errors. A remote attacker can spoof the address bar and trick the user into submitting data intended for the spoofed origin.
25) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-38473)
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.
26) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-38476)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a data race within the in the PK11_ChangePW function. A remote attacker can trigger a use-after-free error and crash the browser.
27) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-38477)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing HTML content. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted website, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
28) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-38478)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing HTML. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted website, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
29) Security features bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-40956)
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.
30) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-40957)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.
The vulnerability exists due to inconsistent data in instruction and data cache when creating wasm code. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted web page, trigger memory corruption and potentially execute arbitrary code.
Note, the vulnerability affects Firefox on ARM64 platforms only.
31) Security features bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-40958)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect handling of cookies. A remote attacker with access to a shared subdomain can inject a cookies with certain special characters, bypass Secure Context restriction for cookies with __Host and __Secure prefix and overwrite these cookies, potentially allowing session fixation attacks.
32) Security features bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-40959)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect initialization of FeaturePolicy on all pages during iframe navigation. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted website, bypass FeaturePolicy restrictions and force the browser to leak device permissions into untrusted subdocuments.
33) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-40960)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error caused by a concurrent use of the URL parser with non-UTF-8 data. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website, trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
34) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-40962)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing HTML content. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted website, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Remediation
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