CVE-2023-28160

2023-03-1500:00:00

ubuntu.com

cve-2023-28160

redirect leakage vulnerability

publicly accessible file

firefox vulnerability

local path leakage

sensitive information disclosure

6.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

50.7%

JSON

When following a redirect to a publicly accessible web extension file, the
URL may have been translated to the actual local path, leaking potentially
sensitive information. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 111.

Notes

Author	Note
tyhicks	mozjs contains a copy of the SpiderMonkey JavaScript engine
mdeslaur	starting with Ubuntu 22.04, the firefox package is just a script that installs the Firefox snap

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu18.04noarchfirefox< 111.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu20.04noarchfirefox< 111.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu18.04noarchmozjs38< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu18.04noarchmozjs52< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu20.04noarchmozjs52< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu20.04noarchmozjs68< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu22.04noarchmozjs78< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu22.04noarchmozjs91< anyUNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
ubuntu	18.04	noarch	firefox	< 111.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	20.04	noarch	firefox	< 111.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	18.04	noarch	mozjs38	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	18.04	noarch	mozjs52	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	20.04	noarch	mozjs52	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	20.04	noarch	mozjs68	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	22.04	noarch	mozjs78	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	22.04	noarch	mozjs91	< any	UNKNOWN