MGASA-2022-0399 - Updated firefox packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 28 Oct 2022
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0399.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 8
CVE: CVE-2022-40674

expat: a use-after-free in the doContent function in xmlparse.c
(CVE-2022-40674)
Fixes webrtc.

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30988
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7024
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-40674

SRPMS:
- 8/core/firefox-102.4.0-1.1.mga8

Mageia 2022-0399: firefox security update

expat: a use-after-free in the doContent function in xmlparse.c (CVE-2022-40674) Fixes webrtc

Summary

expat: a use-after-free in the doContent function in xmlparse.c (CVE-2022-40674) Fixes webrtc.

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30988

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7024

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-40674

Resolution

MGASA-2022-0399 - Updated firefox packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 8/core/firefox-102.4.0-1.1.mga8

Severity
Publication date: 28 Oct 2022
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0399.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2022-40674

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