Bug 2170382 (CVE-2023-25729) - CVE-2023-25729 Mozilla: Extensions could have opened external schemes without user knowledge
Summary: CVE-2023-25729 Mozilla: Extensions could have opened external schemes without...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2023-25729
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 2167578 2167579 2167580 2167581 2167582 2167583 2167584 2167585 2167586 2167587 2167588 2167672 2167673 2167674 2167675 2167676 2167677 2167678 2167679 2167680 2167681 2167682
Blocks: 2167576
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2023-02-16 09:09 UTC by Dhananjay Arunesh
Modified: 2023-06-09 13:54 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

Fixed In Version: firefox 102.8, thunderbird 102.8
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The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: Permission prompts for opening external schemes were only shown for `ContentPrincipals` resulting in extensions being able to open them without user interaction via `ExpandedPrincipals`. This could lead to further malicious actions such as downloading files or interacting with software already installed on the system.
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Last Closed: 2023-02-20 18:31:51 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:0805 0 None None None 2023-02-20 08:18:39 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:0806 0 None None None 2023-02-20 08:16:39 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:0807 0 None None None 2023-02-20 08:25:44 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:0808 0 None None None 2023-02-20 08:27:16 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:0809 0 None None None 2023-02-20 08:23:32 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:0810 0 None None None 2023-02-20 08:25:08 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:0811 0 None None None 2023-02-20 08:26:30 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:0812 0 None None None 2023-02-20 08:27:51 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:0817 0 None None None 2023-02-20 12:17:01 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:0818 0 None None None 2023-02-20 12:12:11 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:0819 0 None None None 2023-02-20 12:12:46 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:0820 0 None None None 2023-02-20 12:17:40 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:0821 0 None None None 2023-02-20 12:17:58 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:0822 0 None None None 2023-02-20 12:16:42 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:0823 0 None None None 2023-02-20 12:18:18 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:0824 0 None None None 2023-02-20 12:17:20 UTC

Description Dhananjay Arunesh 2023-02-16 09:09:44 UTC 
Permission prompts for opening external schemes were only shown for `ContentPrincipals` resulting in extensions being able to open them without user interaction via `ExpandedPrincipals`. This could lead to further malicious actions such as downloading files or interacting with software already installed on the system.

External Reference:
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-06/#CVE-2023-25729
Comment 1 errata-xmlrpc 2023-02-20 08:16:37 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Via RHSA-2023:0806 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0806
Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2023-02-20 08:18:38 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2023:0805 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0805
Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2023-02-20 08:23:30 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2023:0809 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0809
Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2023-02-20 08:25:07 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2023:0810 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0810
Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2023-02-20 08:25:42 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2023:0807 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0807
Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2023-02-20 08:26:29 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

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

Via RHSA-2023:0811 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0811
Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2023-02-20 08:27:15 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2023:0808 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0808
Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2023-02-20 08:27:49 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2023:0812 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0812
Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2023-02-20 12:12:10 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Via RHSA-2023:0818 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0818
Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2023-02-20 12:12:44 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

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

Via RHSA-2023:0819 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0819
Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2023-02-20 12:16:40 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2023:0822 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0822
Comment 12 errata-xmlrpc 2023-02-20 12:17:00 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2023:0817 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0817
Comment 13 errata-xmlrpc 2023-02-20 12:17:19 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2023:0824 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0824
Comment 14 errata-xmlrpc 2023-02-20 12:17:38 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2023:0820 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0820
Comment 15 errata-xmlrpc 2023-02-20 12:17:56 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2023:0821 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0821
Comment 16 errata-xmlrpc 2023-02-20 12:18:16 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2023:0823 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0823
Comment 17 Product Security DevOps Team 2023-02-20 18:31:48 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-2023-25729
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