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Arch Linux: ASA-202109-2 Critical Vulnerability in Firefox RCE Risk

The package firefox before version 92.0-1 is vulnerable to multiple issues including arbitrary code execution and insufficient validation. . Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-202109-2 ======================================== Severity: High Date : 2021-09-14 CVE-ID : CVE-2021-38491 CVE-2021-38494 Package : firefox Type : multiple issues Remote : Yes Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-2350 Summary ====== The package firefox before version 92.0-1 is vulnerable to multiple issues including arbitrary code execution and insufficient validation. Resolution ========= Upgrade to 92.0-1. # pacman -Syu "firefox> =92.0-1" The problems have been fixed upstream in version 92.0. Workaround ========= None. Description ========== - CVE-2021-38491 (insufficient validation) In Firefox before version 92, mixed-content checks were unable to analyze opaque origins which led to some mixed content being loaded. - CVE-2021-38494 (arbitrary code execution) Mozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 91. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and Mozilla presumes that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. Impact ===== A remote attacker could execute arbitrary code through crafted web content, or load content over HTTP on a web page otherwise served through HTTPS. References ========= https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-38/ https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1551886 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1723920%2C1725638 https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2021-38491 https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2021-38494 . Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-202201-3 outlines severe vulnerabilities in chromium that may allow remote code execution.. firefox vulnerabilities, Arch Linux security, arbitrary code issues, software vulnerabilities. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Sep 15, 2021 •Critical ArchLinux