CVE-2024-8383 Affecting firefox package, versions <0:128.2.0-1.0.1.el7_9
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE7-FIREFOX-8305731
- published 26 Oct 2024
- disclosed 3 Sep 2024
Introduced: 3 Sep 2024
CVE-2024-8383 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Oracle:7 firefox to version 0:128.2.0-1.0.1.el7_9 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2024-6838.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox package and not the firefox package as distributed by Oracle.
See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
Firefox normally asks for confirmation before asking the operating system to find an application to handle a scheme that the browser does not support. It did not ask before doing so for the Usenet-related schemes news: and snews:. Since most operating systems don't have a trusted newsreader installed by default, an unscrupulous program that the user downloaded could register itself as a handler. The website that served the application download could then launch that application at will. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 130, Firefox ESR < 128.2, and Firefox ESR < 115.15.
References
- https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2024-8383.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2024-6681.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2024-6682.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1908496
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-39/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-40/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-41/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-43/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-44/