Summary
Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards
compliance, performance, and portability.
This update upgrades Firefox to version 115.9.1 ESR.
Security Fix(es):
* nss: timing attack against RSA decryption (CVE-2023-5388)
* Mozilla: Crash in NSS TLS method (CVE-2024-0743)
* Mozilla: JIT code failed to save return registers on Armv7-A (CVE-2024-2607)
* Mozilla: Integer overflow could have led to out of bounds write (CVE-2024-2608)
* Mozilla: Improve handling of out-of-memory conditions in ICU (CVE-2024-2616)
* Mozilla: Improper handling of html and body tags enabled CSP nonce leakage (CVE-2024-2610)
* Mozilla: Clickjacking vulnerability could have led to a user accidentally granting permissions (CVE-2024-2611)
* Mozilla: Self referencing object could have potentially led to a use-after-free (CVE-2024-2612)
* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 124, Firefox ESR 115.9, and Thunderbird 115.9 (CVE-2024-2614)
* Mozilla: Privileged JavaScript Execution via Event Handlers (CVE-2024-29944)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Fixed packages 1
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux · 8 | firefox | 115.9.1-1.el8_9.alma.1 |
Vulnerabilities 10
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High 8.8
Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 123, Firefox ESR 115.8, and Thunderbird 115.8. Some of these bugs showed evidence…
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High 8.4
`AppendEncodedAttributeValue(), ExtraSpaceNeededForAttrEncoding()` and `AppendEncodedCharacters()` could have experienc…
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High 8.4
An attacker was able to inject an event handler into a privileged object that would allow arbitrary JavaScript executio…
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High 8.1
Return registers were overwritten which could have allowed an attacker to execute arbitrary code. *Note:* This issue on…
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High 8.1
If an attacker could find a way to trigger a particular code path in `SafeRefPtr`, it could have triggered a crash or p…
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High 7.5
An unchecked return value in TLS handshake code could have caused a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability a…
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Medium 6.5
NSS was susceptible to a timing side-channel attack when performing RSA decryption. This attack could potentially allow…
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Medium 6.1
Using a markup injection an attacker could have stolen nonce values. This could have been used to bypass strict content…
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Medium 5.5
A missing delay on when pointer lock was used could have allowed a malicious page to trick a user into granting permiss…
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Low 2.7
To harden ICU against exploitation, the behavior for out-of-memory conditions was changed to crash instead of attempt t…
References
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report
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5388
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report
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-0743
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report
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-2607
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report
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-2608
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report
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-2610
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report
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-2611
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report
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-2612
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report
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-2614
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report
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-2616
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report
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-29944
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report
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2243644
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report
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2260012
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report
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2270660
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report
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2270661
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report
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2270662
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report
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2270663
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report
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2270664
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report
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2270665
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report
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2270666
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report
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2271064
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advisory
https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2024-1484.html