Red Hat Security Advisory: firefox security update
Advisory ID:       SLSA-2023:5477
Issue Date:        2023-10-05
CVE Numbers:       CVE-2023-3600
                   CVE-2023-5169
                   CVE-2023-5171
                   CVE-2023-5176
                   CVE-2023-5217
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Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance, and portability.

This update upgrades Firefox to version 115.3.1 ESR.

Security Fix(es):

* firefox: use-after-free in workers (CVE-2023-3600)

* Mozilla: Out-of-bounds write in PathOps (CVE-2023-5169)

* Mozilla: Use-after-free in Ion Compiler (CVE-2023-5171)

* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 118, Firefox ESR 115.3, and Thunderbird 115.3 (CVE-2023-5176)

* libvpx: Heap buffer overflow in vp8 encoding in libvpx (CVE-2023-5217)

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This content is derived from https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5477
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SL7
  srpm
    firefox-0:115.3.1-1.el7_9.src
  x86_64
    firefox-0:115.3.1-1.el7_9.x86_64
  i386
    firefox-0:115.3.1-1.el7_9.i686

- Scientific Linux Development Team

SciLinux: Important: firefox on SL7 i386/srpm/x86_64

This update upgrades Firefox to version 115.3.1 ESR

Summary


 Red Hat Security Advisory: firefox security update

Security Fixes

* firefox: use-after-free in workers (CVE-2023-3600)
* Mozilla: Out-of-bounds write in PathOps (CVE-2023-5169)
* Mozilla: Use-after-free in Ion Compiler (CVE-2023-5171)
* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 118, Firefox ESR 115.3, and Thunderbird 115.3 (CVE-2023-5176)
* libvpx: Heap buffer overflow in vp8 encoding in libvpx (CVE-2023-5217)
This content is derived from https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5477
SL7 srpm firefox-0:115.3.1-1.el7_9.src x86_64 firefox-0:115.3.1-1.el7_9.x86_64 i386 firefox-0:115.3.1-1.el7_9.i686
- Scientific Linux Development Team



Severity
Issued Date: : 2023-10-05
CVE Numbers: CVE-2023-3600
CVE-2023-5169
CVE-2023-5171
CVE-2023-5176

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