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CVE-2023-6206 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2023-6206: The black fade animation when exiting fullscreen is roughly the length of the anti-clickjacking delay on permission prompts. It was possible to use this fact to surprise users by luring them to click where the permission grant button would be about to appear. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 120

Affects 8 Linux releases across 16 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2023-6206 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

  • firefox-esr→ fixed in115.5.0esr-1~deb11u1urgency: not yet assigned
    sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y firefox-esr
  • thunderbird→ fixed in1:115.5.0-1~deb11u1urgency: not yet assigned
    sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y thunderbird

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

  • firefox-esr→ fixed in115.5.0esr-1~deb12u1urgency: not yet assigned
    sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y firefox-esr
  • thunderbird→ fixed in1:115.5.0-1~deb12u1urgency: not yet assigned
    sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y thunderbird

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

  • firefox-esr→ fixed in115.5.0esr-1urgency: not yet assigned
    sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y firefox-esr
  • thunderbird→ fixed in1:115.5.0-1urgency: not yet assigned
    sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y thunderbird

Alpine v3.20

Source: Alpine secdb

  • firefox-esr→ fixed in115.5.0-r0
    apk update && apk add --upgrade firefox-esr
  • thunderbird→ fixed in115.5.0-r0
    apk update && apk add --upgrade thunderbird

Alpine v3.21

Source: Alpine secdb

  • firefox-esr→ fixed in115.5.0-r0
    apk update && apk add --upgrade firefox-esr
  • thunderbird→ fixed in115.5.0-r0
    apk update && apk add --upgrade thunderbird

Alpine edge

Source: Alpine secdb

  • firefox-esr→ fixed in115.5.0-r0
    apk update && apk add --upgrade firefox-esr
  • thunderbird→ fixed in115.5.0-r0
    apk update && apk add --upgrade thunderbird

Alpine v3.18

Source: Alpine secdb

  • firefox-esr→ fixed in115.5.0-r0
    apk update && apk add --upgrade firefox-esr
  • thunderbird→ fixed in115.5.0-r0
    apk update && apk add --upgrade thunderbird

Alpine v3.19

Source: Alpine secdb

  • firefox-esr→ fixed in115.5.0-r0
    apk update && apk add --upgrade firefox-esr
  • thunderbird→ fixed in115.5.0-r0
    apk update && apk add --upgrade thunderbird
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