Description:
Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance, and portability.
This update upgrades Firefox to version 115.6.0 ESR.
Security Fix(es):
* Mozilla: Heap-buffer-overflow affecting WebGL DrawElementsInstanced
method with Mesa VM driver (CVE-2023-6856)
* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 121, Firefox ESR 115.6, and Thunderbird 115.6 (CVE-2023-6864)
* Mozilla: Potential exposure of uninitialized data in EncryptingOutputStream
(CVE-2023-6865)
* Mozilla: Symlinks may resolve to smaller than expected buffers (CVE-2023-6857)
* Mozilla: Heap buffer overflow in nsTextFragment
(CVE-2023-6858)
* Mozilla: Use-after-free in PR_GetIdentitiesLayer (CVE-2023-6859)
* Mozilla: Potential sandbox escape due to VideoBridge
lack of texture validation (CVE-2023-6860)
* Mozilla: Heap buffer overflow affected nsWindow::PickerOpen(void)
in headless mode (CVE-2023-6861)
* Mozilla: Use-after-free in nsDNSService
(CVE-2023-6862)
* Mozilla: Clickjacking permission prompts using the popup transition (CVE-2023-6867)
* Mozilla: Undefined behavior in ShutdownObserver()
(CVE-2023-6863)
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.
Updated packages listed below:
Architecture |
Package |
Checksum |
aarch64 |
firefox-115.6.0-1.el8_9.alma.aarch64.rpm |
45c4419c7b8210b8fbfe75b25a73af8a90b9b0c3ce2f027c3cbc652bf29f4570 |
ppc64le |
firefox-115.6.0-1.el8_9.alma.ppc64le.rpm |
73c33819f68b913e568552bdb6cc3122b079c5dfb9a05d32fb90e98042564052 |
s390x |
firefox-115.6.0-1.el8_9.alma.s390x.rpm |
ca25974d6f14535518ceef6af1e395aafa2a8d95c3ca3453d2417f1d0573674b |
x86_64 |
firefox-115.6.0-1.el8_9.alma.x86_64.rpm |
e74079bac988d4d6e9400e71a39db579e2758386a599f40241d9bb663078c51d |