Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Firefox vulnerabilities (USN-5229-1)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5229-1 advisory. Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could...

CVE-2022-22739

Malicious websites could have tricked users into accepting launching a program to handle an external URL protocol. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR 91.5, Firefox 96, and Thunderbird 91.5...

CVE-2022-22748

A flaw was found in Mozilla. The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: Malicious websites could have confused Thunderbird into showing the wrong origin when asking to launch a program and handling an external URL protocol...

Mozilla: Missing throttling on external protocol launch dialog

The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: Malicious websites could have tricked users into accepting launching a program to handle an external URL protocol...

Mozilla: Missing throttling on external protocol launch dialog

The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: Malicious websites could have tricked users into accepting launching a program to handle an external URL protocol...

Mozilla: Spoofed origin on external protocol launch dialog

A flaw was found in Mozilla. The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: Malicious websites could have confused Thunderbird into showing the wrong origin when asking to launch a program and handling an external URL protocol...

Mozilla: Missing throttling on external protocol launch dialog

The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: Malicious websites could have tricked users into accepting launching a program to handle an external URL protocol...

Mozilla: Spoofed origin on external protocol launch dialog

A flaw was found in Mozilla. The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: Malicious websites could have confused Thunderbird into showing the wrong origin when asking to launch a program and handling an external URL protocol...

Mozilla: Missing throttling on external protocol launch dialog

The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: Malicious websites could have tricked users into accepting launching a program to handle an external URL protocol...

Mozilla: Spoofed origin on external protocol launch dialog

A flaw was found in Mozilla. The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: Malicious websites could have confused Thunderbird into showing the wrong origin when asking to launch a program and handling an external URL protocol...

Mozilla: Missing throttling on external protocol launch dialog

The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: Malicious websites could have tricked users into accepting launching a program to handle an external URL protocol...

Mozilla: Spoofed origin on external protocol launch dialog

A flaw was found in Mozilla. The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: Malicious websites could have confused Thunderbird into showing the wrong origin when asking to launch a program and handling an external URL protocol...

Mozilla: Missing throttling on external protocol launch dialog

The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: Malicious websites could have tricked users into accepting launching a program to handle an external URL protocol...

Mozilla: Spoofed origin on external protocol launch dialog

A flaw was found in Mozilla. The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: Malicious websites could have confused Thunderbird into showing the wrong origin when asking to launch a program and handling an external URL protocol...

Mozilla: Missing throttling on external protocol launch dialog

The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: Malicious websites could have tricked users into accepting launching a program to handle an external URL protocol...

Mozilla: Missing throttling on external protocol launch dialog

The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: Malicious websites could have tricked users into accepting launching a program to handle an external URL protocol...

Mozilla: Spoofed origin on external protocol launch dialog

A flaw was found in Mozilla. The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: Malicious websites could have confused Thunderbird into showing the wrong origin when asking to launch a program and handling an external URL protocol...

Mozilla: Missing throttling on external protocol launch dialog

The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: Malicious websites could have tricked users into accepting launching a program to handle an external URL protocol...

Mozilla Firefox < 96.0

The version of Firefox installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 96.0. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mfsa2022-01 advisory. - When a worker is shutdown, it was possible to cause script to run late in the lifecycle, at a point after whe...

Ransomware attacks Finalsite, renders 8,000 school sites unreachable for days

Finalsite, a popular platform for creating school websites, appears to have recovered significant functionality after being attacked by a still-unknown ransomware on Tuesday, January 4, 2022. At least 8,000 schools are said to have been affected by the resulting outage. An important message from...