RHSA-2024:7505 - 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.

Security Fix(es):

• firefox: 115.16/128.3 ESR ()
• firefox: thunderbird: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 131, Firefox ESR 115.16, Firefox ESR 128.3, Thunderbird 131, and Thunderbird 128.3 (CVE-2024-9401)
• firefox: thunderbird: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 131, Firefox ESR 128.3, Thunderbird 131, and Thunderbird 128.3 (CVE-2024-9402)
• firefox: thunderbird: Cross-origin access to PDF contents through multipart responses (CVE-2024-9393)
• firefox: thunderbird: Cross-origin access to JSON contents through multipart responses (CVE-2024-9394)
• firefox: thunderbird: Compromised content process can bypass site isolation (CVE-2024-9392)

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, which includes the changes described in this advisory, 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 9.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 9.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 9.6 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 9.6 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 9.6 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 9.6 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 9.6 ppc64le
• 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 9.6 x86_64
• 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 9.6 aarch64
• 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 9.6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - 4 years of updates 9.4 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 2314430 - firefox: 115.16/128.3 ESR
• BZ - 2315950 - CVE-2024-9401 firefox: thunderbird: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 131, Firefox ESR 115.16, Firefox ESR 128.3, Thunderbird 131, and Thunderbird 128.3
• BZ - 2315951 - CVE-2024-9402 firefox: thunderbird: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 131, Firefox ESR 128.3, Thunderbird 131, and Thunderbird 128.3
• BZ - 2315956 - CVE-2024-9393 firefox: thunderbird: Cross-origin access to PDF contents through multipart responses
• BZ - 2315957 - CVE-2024-9394 firefox: thunderbird: Cross-origin access to JSON contents through multipart responses
• BZ - 2315959 - CVE-2024-9392 firefox: thunderbird: Compromised content process can bypass site isolation

CVEs

• CVE-2024-9392
• CVE-2024-9393
• CVE-2024-9394
• CVE-2024-9401
• CVE-2024-9402

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important