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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:           Important: firefox security update
Advisory ID:        RHSA-2024:3950-03
Product:            Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:       https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3950
Issue date:         2024-06-17
Revision:           03
CVE Names:          CVE-2024-5688
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Summary: 

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:

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



CVEs:

CVE-2024-5688

References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2291394
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2291395
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2291396
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2291397
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2291399
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2291400
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2291401