RHSA-2024:3955 - Security Advisory

Topic

An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.

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

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

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

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

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 9 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 9.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 9.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 9 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 9.4 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 9 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 9.4 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 9 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 9.4 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.4 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - 4 years of updates 9.4 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - 4 years of updates 9.4 s390x

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