BSD PortsMozilla -- control access bypass
[email protected] reports: Thunderbird's update mechanism allowed a medium-integrity user process to interfere with the SYSTEM-level updater by manipulating the file-locking behavior. By injecting code into the user-privileged process, an attacker could bypass intended access controls, allowing SYSTEM-level file operations on paths controlled by a non-privileged user and enabling privilege escalation. This …
Affected versions
- firefox < 138.0,2
- firefox-esr < 128.10
- thunderbird < 128.0
By system
1 still vulnerable, 5 fixed. Where VuXML applies (FreeBSD, DragonFly, FreeBSD's derivatives) a port is vulnerable while its version is in a range; pkgsrc says itself whether it lists a CVE of this advisory; OpenBSD and MidnightBSD keep no list this site reads, so their row is only an estimate: FreeBSD's ranges applied to upstream's version.
| System | Port | Version | State | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DragonFly | www/firefox | 131.0_1,2 | vulnerable since 2025-06-15 | |
| OpenBSD | www/mozilla-firefox | 158.0.1 | out of range, by version | |
| NetBSD | www/firefox | 154.0.1nb1 | not listed | |
| MidnightBSD | www/firefox | 158.0.1,2 | out of range, by version | |
| FreeBSD | www/firefox | 158.0.1,2 | fixed | (423 days after) |
| DragonFly | www/firefox-esr | 128.12.0,1 | fixed | |
| OpenBSD | www/firefox-esr | 153.5.1 | out of range, by version | |
| NetBSD | www/firefox-esr | 140 | not listed | |
| MidnightBSD | www/firefox-esr | 153.5.1,1 | out of range, by version | |
| FreeBSD | www/firefox-esr | 153.5.1,2 | fixed | (395 days after) |
| DragonFly | mail/thunderbird | 128.3.0_2 | fixed | |
| OpenBSD | mail/mozilla-thunderbird | 153.5.1 | out of range, by version | |
| NetBSD | mail/thunderbird | 154.0nb1 | not listed | |
| MidnightBSD | mail/thunderbird | 158.0.1 | out of range, by version | |
| FreeBSD | mail/thunderbird | 158.0.1 | fixed | (422 days after) |