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Mageia 9: MGASA-2023-0285 Critical: Firefox And Thunderbird Memory Issues

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Calendar Grey October 10, 2023
Dist Mageia Esm H88
MGASA-2023-0286 highlights significant vulnerabilities in Chrome and Edge. Ensure your browser is up-to-date for safety.
Updated Firefox and Thunderbird packages fix security vulnerabilities: Out-of-bounds write in PathOps

Summary

Updated Firefox and Thunderbird packages fix security vulnerabilities:
Out-of-bounds write in PathOps. (CVE-2023-5169)
Use-after-free in Ion Compiler. (CVE-2023-5171)
Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 118, Firefox ESR 115.3, and Thunderbird 115.3. (CVE-2023-5176)
Heap buffer overflow in libvpx. (CVE-2023-5217)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32337

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5169

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5171

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5176

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5217

- https://www.firefox.com/en-US/firefox/115.3.0/releasenotes/?redirect_source=mozilla-org

- https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/115.3.0/releasenotes/

- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-42/

- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-43/

- https://www.firefox.com/en-US/firefox/115.3.1/releasenotes/?redirect_source=mozilla-org

- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-44/

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5169

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5171

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5176

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5217

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow critical firefox thunderbird memory safety mageia

Resolution

SRPMS

- 9/core/firefox-115.3.1-1.mga9

- 9/core/firefox-l10n-115.3.1-1.mga9

- 9/core/thunderbird-115.3.1-1.mga9

- 9/core/thunderbird-l10n-115.3.1-1.mga9

Severity
critical
Lowest
Low
Medium
High
Critical

Publication date: 10 Oct 2023
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0285.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2023-5169, CVE-2023-5171, CVE-2023-5176, CVE-2023-5217

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow critical firefox thunderbird memory safety mageia

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