MGASA-2023-0285 - Updated Firefox and Thunderbird packages fix security vulnerabilities

Publication date: 10 Oct 2023
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0285.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 9
CVE: CVE-2023-5169,
     CVE-2023-5171,
     CVE-2023-5176,
     CVE-2023-5217

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://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5169
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5171
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5176
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5217
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/115.3.0/releasenotes/
- 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.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/115.3.1/releasenotes/
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-44/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5169
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5171
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5176
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5217

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

Mageia 2023-0285: Firefox and Thunderbird security update

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://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5169

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5171

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5176

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5217

- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/115.3.0/releasenotes/

- 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.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/115.3.1/releasenotes/

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

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5169

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5171

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5176

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5217

Resolution

MGASA-2023-0285 - Updated Firefox and Thunderbird packages fix security vulnerabilities

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
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

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