Use After Free Affecting firefox package, versions <0:45.3.0-1.el7_2
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- published17 Sept 2024
- disclosed2 Aug 2016
Introduced: 2 Aug 2016
CVE-2016-5258 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:7 firefox to version 0:45.3.0-1.el7_2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2016:1551.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox package and not the firefox package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
Use-after-free vulnerability in the WebRTC socket thread in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging incorrect free operations on DTLS objects during the shutdown of a WebRTC session.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92258
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1279146
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-72.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5258
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3640
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1551.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1551
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036508
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1