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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2024:3950 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2024-06-17
Updated:
2024-06-17

RHSA-2024:3950 - Security Advisory

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Synopsis

Important: firefox security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

Topic

An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of
Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

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.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

After installing the update, Firefox must be restarted for the changes to take
effect.

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support Extension 8.8 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.8 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.8 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.8 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.8 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.8 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.8 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.8 x86_64

Fixes

  • BZ - 2291394 - CVE-2024-5702 Mozilla: Use-after-free in networking
  • BZ - 2291395 - CVE-2024-5688 Mozilla: Use-after-free in JavaScript object transplant
  • BZ - 2291396 - CVE-2024-5690 Mozilla: External protocol handlers leaked by timing attack
  • BZ - 2291397 - CVE-2024-5691 Mozilla: Sandboxed iframes were able to bypass sandbox restrictions to open a new window
  • BZ - 2291399 - CVE-2024-5693 Mozilla: Cross-Origin Image leak via Offscreen Canvas
  • BZ - 2291400 - CVE-2024-5696 Mozilla: Memory Corruption in Text Fragments
  • BZ - 2291401 - CVE-2024-5700 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 127, Firefox ESR 115.12, and Thunderbird 115.12

CVEs

  • CVE-2024-5688
  • CVE-2024-5690
  • CVE-2024-5691
  • CVE-2024-5693
  • CVE-2024-5696
  • CVE-2024-5700
  • CVE-2024-5702

References

  • https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.8

SRPM
firefox-115.12.0-1.el8_8.src.rpm SHA-256: b0c578c774abadb77fae569b2685960d4d2bf4961d01b43b935755243d68165f
x86_64
firefox-115.12.0-1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 49e57fec70cdfc1999124056f98aae115f10c3d1f64e862019ef471862f91d0d
firefox-debuginfo-115.12.0-1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f2d921ae6031a5b40f61e9aae6d78d4a4b798d4825bf2a4d04fd321572f4f3ce
firefox-debugsource-115.12.0-1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 88277e4e1bb6455eea49277cb744da7ff45081dacd805fceedfe0ea2b274a407

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support Extension 8.8

SRPM
firefox-115.12.0-1.el8_8.src.rpm SHA-256: b0c578c774abadb77fae569b2685960d4d2bf4961d01b43b935755243d68165f
x86_64
firefox-115.12.0-1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 49e57fec70cdfc1999124056f98aae115f10c3d1f64e862019ef471862f91d0d
firefox-debuginfo-115.12.0-1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f2d921ae6031a5b40f61e9aae6d78d4a4b798d4825bf2a4d04fd321572f4f3ce
firefox-debugsource-115.12.0-1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 88277e4e1bb6455eea49277cb744da7ff45081dacd805fceedfe0ea2b274a407

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.8

SRPM
firefox-115.12.0-1.el8_8.src.rpm SHA-256: b0c578c774abadb77fae569b2685960d4d2bf4961d01b43b935755243d68165f
s390x
firefox-115.12.0-1.el8_8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: f86233843536f126f87bf5683ed38ade01edd156218730fc9b9c3bd23d7250a7
firefox-debuginfo-115.12.0-1.el8_8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 5021b8901ddf2e19f617c4dd3fa352537ecc9cfd248ce72abd34ae5d7cc32812
firefox-debugsource-115.12.0-1.el8_8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 3c8e20f8b29cda8a876af45ce02dc86b99d46672af7095819c7701c12396789e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.8

SRPM
firefox-115.12.0-1.el8_8.src.rpm SHA-256: b0c578c774abadb77fae569b2685960d4d2bf4961d01b43b935755243d68165f
ppc64le
firefox-115.12.0-1.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: c78a0f35509010a1e2ce70667773a4ca94dc57611567943b820da1dedc3be0b0
firefox-debuginfo-115.12.0-1.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 29c48936db945a655a6b5f584f3e080b12e79eb084d2e721b95a9470adcd46b8
firefox-debugsource-115.12.0-1.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: b7fd0241e698a89788c9c9850b5f0bca5c0d53df393e624eb20b572993840b10

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.8

SRPM
firefox-115.12.0-1.el8_8.src.rpm SHA-256: b0c578c774abadb77fae569b2685960d4d2bf4961d01b43b935755243d68165f
x86_64
firefox-115.12.0-1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 49e57fec70cdfc1999124056f98aae115f10c3d1f64e862019ef471862f91d0d
firefox-debuginfo-115.12.0-1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f2d921ae6031a5b40f61e9aae6d78d4a4b798d4825bf2a4d04fd321572f4f3ce
firefox-debugsource-115.12.0-1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 88277e4e1bb6455eea49277cb744da7ff45081dacd805fceedfe0ea2b274a407

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.8

SRPM
firefox-115.12.0-1.el8_8.src.rpm SHA-256: b0c578c774abadb77fae569b2685960d4d2bf4961d01b43b935755243d68165f
aarch64
firefox-115.12.0-1.el8_8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: b9f8ee5bc385a5c32ab08633bd6f03b9703430c4a7225f5b0aa2faa78fc4e67a
firefox-debuginfo-115.12.0-1.el8_8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 0eaf1e86db8516f753012da8b034ee316d29bd49d8d2072148ed2fabcf7301b9
firefox-debugsource-115.12.0-1.el8_8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 555f9c4f6848768e0add015cfb4348dd2c338f16839e6e237cdc737c131af1aa

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.8

SRPM
firefox-115.12.0-1.el8_8.src.rpm SHA-256: b0c578c774abadb77fae569b2685960d4d2bf4961d01b43b935755243d68165f
ppc64le
firefox-115.12.0-1.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: c78a0f35509010a1e2ce70667773a4ca94dc57611567943b820da1dedc3be0b0
firefox-debuginfo-115.12.0-1.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 29c48936db945a655a6b5f584f3e080b12e79eb084d2e721b95a9470adcd46b8
firefox-debugsource-115.12.0-1.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: b7fd0241e698a89788c9c9850b5f0bca5c0d53df393e624eb20b572993840b10

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.8

SRPM
firefox-115.12.0-1.el8_8.src.rpm SHA-256: b0c578c774abadb77fae569b2685960d4d2bf4961d01b43b935755243d68165f
x86_64
firefox-115.12.0-1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 49e57fec70cdfc1999124056f98aae115f10c3d1f64e862019ef471862f91d0d
firefox-debuginfo-115.12.0-1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f2d921ae6031a5b40f61e9aae6d78d4a4b798d4825bf2a4d04fd321572f4f3ce
firefox-debugsource-115.12.0-1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 88277e4e1bb6455eea49277cb744da7ff45081dacd805fceedfe0ea2b274a407

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