ALSA-2024:0012

Vulnerability from osv_almalinux – Published: 2024-01-02 00:00 – Updated: 2024-01-04 14:29 – Source website
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Summary
Important: firefox security update
Details

Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance, and portability.

This update upgrades Firefox to version 115.6.0 ESR.

Security Fix(es):

  • Mozilla: Heap-buffer-overflow affecting WebGL DrawElementsInstanced method with Mesa VM driver (CVE-2023-6856)
  • Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 121, Firefox ESR 115.6, and Thunderbird 115.6 (CVE-2023-6864)
  • Mozilla: Potential exposure of uninitialized data in EncryptingOutputStream (CVE-2023-6865)
  • Mozilla: Symlinks may resolve to smaller than expected buffers (CVE-2023-6857)
  • Mozilla: Heap buffer overflow in nsTextFragment (CVE-2023-6858)
  • Mozilla: Use-after-free in PR_GetIdentitiesLayer (CVE-2023-6859)
  • Mozilla: Potential sandbox escape due to VideoBridge lack of texture validation (CVE-2023-6860)
  • Mozilla: Heap buffer overflow affected nsWindow::PickerOpen(void) in headless mode (CVE-2023-6861)
  • Mozilla: Use-after-free in nsDNSService (CVE-2023-6862)
  • Mozilla: Clickjacking permission prompts using the popup transition (CVE-2023-6867)
  • Mozilla: Undefined behavior in ShutdownObserver() (CVE-2023-6863)

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.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "AlmaLinux:8",
        "name": "firefox"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "115.6.0-1.el8_9.alma"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "details": "Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance, and portability.\n\nThis update upgrades Firefox to version 115.6.0 ESR.\n\nSecurity Fix(es):\n\n* Mozilla: Heap-buffer-overflow affecting WebGL \u003ccode\u003eDrawElementsInstanced\u003c/code\u003e method with Mesa VM driver (CVE-2023-6856)\n* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 121, Firefox ESR 115.6, and Thunderbird 115.6 (CVE-2023-6864)\n* Mozilla: Potential exposure of uninitialized data in \u003ccode\u003eEncryptingOutputStream\u003c/code\u003e (CVE-2023-6865)\n* Mozilla: Symlinks may resolve to smaller than expected buffers (CVE-2023-6857)\n* Mozilla: Heap buffer overflow in \u003ccode\u003ensTextFragment\u003c/code\u003e (CVE-2023-6858)\n* Mozilla: Use-after-free in PR_GetIdentitiesLayer (CVE-2023-6859)\n* Mozilla: Potential sandbox escape due to \u003ccode\u003eVideoBridge\u003c/code\u003e lack of texture validation (CVE-2023-6860)\n* Mozilla: Heap buffer overflow affected \u003ccode\u003ensWindow::PickerOpen(void)\u003c/code\u003e in headless mode (CVE-2023-6861)\n* Mozilla: Use-after-free in \u003ccode\u003ensDNSService\u003c/code\u003e (CVE-2023-6862)\n* Mozilla: Clickjacking permission prompts using the popup transition (CVE-2023-6867)\n* Mozilla: Undefined behavior in \u003ccode\u003eShutdownObserver()\u003c/code\u003e (CVE-2023-6863)\n\nFor 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.",
  "id": "ALSA-2024:0012",
  "modified": "2024-01-04T14:29:24Z",
  "published": "2024-01-02T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0012"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6856"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6857"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6858"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6859"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6860"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6861"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6862"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6863"
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    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6864"
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    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6865"
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    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6867"
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    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2255360"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2255361"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2255362"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2255363"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2255364"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2255365"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2255366"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2255367"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2255368"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2255369"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2255370"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2024-0012.html"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "CVE-2023-6856",
    "CVE-2023-6864",
    "CVE-2023-6865",
    "CVE-2023-6857",
    "CVE-2023-6858",
    "CVE-2023-6859",
    "CVE-2023-6860",
    "CVE-2023-6861",
    "CVE-2023-6862",
    "CVE-2023-6867",
    "CVE-2023-6863"
  ],
  "summary": "Important: firefox security update"
}



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