SB2020112923 - Information disclosure in firefox (Alpine package) 

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SB2020112923 - Information disclosure in firefox (Alpine package)

Published: November 29, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2020112923
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Information disclosure

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-26965)

The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to the way software keyboards are handled by the Firefox. Some websites have a feature "Show Password" where clicking a button will change a password field into a textbook field, revealing the typed password. If, when using a software keyboard that remembers user input, a user typed their password and used that feature, the type of the password field was changed, resulting in a keyboard layout change and the possibility for the software keyboard to remember the typed password.

A local user leverage this behavior to gain access to passwords, stored by software keyboards.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References