USN-6456-1

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USN-6456-1

Summary: firefox vulnerabilities

Details: Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive information across domains, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-5722, CVE-2023-5724, CVE-2023-5728, CVE-2023-5729, CVE-2023-5730, CVE-2023-5731) Kelsey Gilbert discovered that Firefox did not properly manage certain browser prompts and dialogs due to an insufficient activation-delay. An attacker could potentially exploit this issue to perform clickjacking. (CVE-2023-5721) Daniel Veditz discovered that Firefox did not properly validate a cookie containing invalid characters. An attacker could potentially exploit this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2023-5723) Shaheen Fazim discovered that Firefox did not properly validate the URLs open by installed WebExtension. An attacker could potentially exploit this issue to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2023-5725)

References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6456-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-5721, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-5722, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-5723, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-5724, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-5725, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-5728, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-5729, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-5730, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-5731