Bug 2143205 (CVE-2022-45412)

Summary:	CVE-2022-45412 Mozilla: Symlinks may resolve to partially uninitialized buffers
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Dhananjay Arunesh <darunesh>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	erack, jhorak, nobody, stransky, tpopela
Target Milestone:	---	Keywords:	Security
Target Release:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	thunderbird 102.5, firefox 102.5	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: When resolving a symlink such as file:///proc/self/fd/1, an error message may be produced where the symlink was resolved to a string containing unitialized memory in the buffer.	Story Points:	---
Clone Of:		Environment:
Last Closed:	2022-12-14 19:48:18 UTC	Type:	---
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oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
Cloudforms Team:	---	Target Upstream Version:
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Bug Depends On:	2141544, 2141545, 2141546, 2141547, 2141548, 2141549, 2141550, 2141551, 2141552, 2141553, 2141554, 2141556, 2141559, 2141560, 2141561, 2141562, 2141563, 2141564, 2141565, 2141566, 2141567, 2141569, 2141570, 2141571
Bug Blocks:	2141542

Description Dhananjay Arunesh 2022-11-16 10:56:38 UTC

When resolving a symlink such as `file:///proc/self/fd/1`, an error message may be produced where the symlink was resolved to a string containing unitialized memory in the buffer. 

*This bug only affects Thunderbird on Unix-based operated systems (Android, Linux, MacOS). Windows is unaffected.*



External Reference:

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2022-49/#CVE-2022-45412

Comment 1 errata-xmlrpc 2022-11-21 11:08:58 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications Update Service

Via RHSA-2022:8543 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8543

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2022-11-21 11:25:15 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2022:8544 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8544

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2022-11-21 11:29:03 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2022:8545 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8545

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2022-11-21 11:31:44 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2022:8547 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8547

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2022-11-21 12:29:20 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2022:8548 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8548

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2022-11-21 12:34:21 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications Update Service

Via RHSA-2022:8550 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8550

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2022-11-21 12:36:28 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2022:8549 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8549

Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2022-11-21 12:41:09 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Via RHSA-2022:8553 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8553

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2022-11-21 12:46:25 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2022:8552 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8552

Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2022-11-21 12:48:49 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2022:8554 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8554

Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2022-11-21 12:50:59 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Via RHSA-2022:8556 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8556

Comment 12 errata-xmlrpc 2022-11-21 12:53:47 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2022:8555 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8555

Comment 13 errata-xmlrpc 2022-11-21 16:20:02 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2022:8561 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8561

Comment 14 errata-xmlrpc 2022-11-22 13:33:51 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2022:8580 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8580

Comment 15 errata-xmlrpc 2022-12-13 16:07:07 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2022:8979 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8979

Comment 16 errata-xmlrpc 2022-12-13 16:07:25 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2022:8980 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8980

Comment 17 Product Security DevOps Team 2022-12-14 19:48:16 UTC

This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2022-45412