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[ALSA-2021:1360] firefox security update

Severity Important
Affected Packages 1
CVEs 8
Info Packages References Vulnerabilities

An update for firefox is now available for AlmaLinux AlmaLinux 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.

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

This update upgrades Firefox to version 78.10.0 ESR.

Security Fix(es):

  • Mozilla: Out of bound write due to lazy initialization (CVE-2021-23994)

  • Mozilla: Use-after-free in Responsive Design Mode (CVE-2021-23995)

  • Mozilla: More internal network hosts could have been probed by a malicious webpage (CVE-2021-23961)

  • Mozilla: Secure Lock icon could have been spoofed (CVE-2021-23998)

  • Mozilla: Blob URLs may have been granted additional privileges (CVE-2021-23999)

  • Mozilla: Arbitrary FTP command execution on FTP servers using an encoded URL (CVE-2021-24002)

  • Mozilla: Incorrect size computation in WebAssembly JIT could lead to null-reads (CVE-2021-29945)

  • Mozilla: Port blocking could be bypassed (CVE-2021-29946)

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.

Package Affected Version
pkg:rpm/almalinux/firefox?arch=x86_64&distro=almalinux-8.3 < 78.10.0-1.el8_3.alma
ID
ALSA-2021:1360
Severity
important
URL
https://errata.almalinux.org/ALSA-2021:1360.html
Published
2021-04-26T10:29:07
(3 years ago)
Modified
2021-05-04T09:10:37
(3 years ago)
Rights
Copyright 2021 AlmaLinux OS
Other Advisories
Type Package URL Namespace Name / Product Version Distribution / Platform Arch Patch / Fix
Affected pkg:rpm/almalinux/firefox?arch=x86_64&distro=almalinux-8.3 almalinux firefox < 78.10.0-1.el8_3.alma almalinux-8.3 x86_64
# CVE Description CVSS EPSS EPSS Trend (30 days) Affected Products Weaknesses Security Advisories Exploits PoC Pubblication Date Modification Date
# CVE Description CVSS EPSS EPSS Trend (30 days) Affected Products Weaknesses Security Advisories PoC Pubblication Date Modification Date