Summary
Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance, and portability.
This update upgrades Firefox to version 115.12.0 ESR.
Security Fix(es):
* firefox: Use-after-free in networking (CVE-2024-5702)
* firefox: Use-after-free in JavaScript object transplant (CVE-2024-5688)
* firefox: External protocol handlers leaked by timing attack (CVE-2024-5690)
* firefox: Sandboxed iframes were able to bypass sandbox restrictions to open a new window (CVE-2024-5691)
* firefox: Cross-Origin Image leak via Offscreen Canvas (CVE-2024-5693)
* firefox: Memory Corruption in Text Fragments (CVE-2024-5696)
* firefox: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 127, Firefox ESR 115.12, and Thunderbird 115.12 (CVE-2024-5700)
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 2
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux · 9 | firefox | 115.12.0-1.el9_4.alma.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | firefox-x11 | 115.12.0-1.el9_4.alma.1 |
Vulnerabilities 7
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High 8.6
By manipulating the text in an `<input>` tag, an attacker could have caused corrupt memory leading to a potential…
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High 8.1
If a garbage collection was triggered at the right time, a use-after-free could have occurred during object transplant.…
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High 7.5
Memory corruption in the networking stack could have led to a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects…
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High 7.0
Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 126, Firefox ESR 115.11, and Thunderbird 115.11. Some of these bugs showed eviden…
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Medium 6.1
Offscreen Canvas did not properly track cross-origin tainting, which could be used to access image data from another si…
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Medium 4.7
By tricking the browser with a `X-Frame-Options` header, a sandboxed iframe could have presented a button that, if clic…
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Medium 4.3
By monitoring the time certain operations take, an attacker could have guessed which external protocol handlers were fu…
References
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report
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-5688
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report
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-5690
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report
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-5691
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report
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-5693
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report
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-5696
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report
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-5700
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report
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-5702
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report
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2291394
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report
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2291395
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report
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2291396
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report
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2291397
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report
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2291399
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report
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2291400
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report
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2291401
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advisory
https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2024-3955.html