Race Condition Affecting firefox package, versions <91.0-1
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- published 11 Aug 2021
- disclosed 17 Aug 2021
Introduced: 11 Aug 2021
CVE-2021-29986 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable
firefox
to version 91.0-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox
package and not the firefox
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:unstable
relevant fixed versions and status.
A suspected race condition when calling getaddrinfo led to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. Note: This issue only affected Linux operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 78.13, Thunderbird < 91, Firefox ESR < 78.13, and Firefox < 91.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-29986
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1696138
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-33/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-34/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-35/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-36/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202202-03
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-14