Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2023-39
Security Issues fixed in Mozilla VPN for Linux v2.16.1
- Announced
- August 30, 2023
- Impact
- moderate
- Products
- Mozilla VPN client for Linux
- Fixed in
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- Mozilla VPN client for Linux v2.16.1
#CVE-2023-4104: Local user authentication flaws in Mozilla VPN client for Linux in v2.16.0 and below.
- Reporter
- Matthias Gerstner
- Impact
- moderate
Description
An invalid Polkit Authentication check and missing authentication requirements for D-Bus methods allowed any local user to configure arbitrary VPN setups.
This bug only affects Mozilla VPN on Linux. Other operating systems are unaffected.
References
- Bug https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1831318
- Bug https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/mozilla-vpn-client/pull/7110
- Bug https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/mozilla-vpn-client/pull/7055
- Bug https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/mozilla-vpn-client/pull/7151
- Bug https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/08/03/1