Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere Affecting firefox package, versions <0:115.11.0-1.el8_8


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-FIREFOX-6861736
  • published17 May 2024
  • disclosed14 May 2024

Introduced: 14 May 2024

CVE-2024-4769  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-829  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 firefox to version 0:115.11.0-1.el8_8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:2885.

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:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

When importing resources using Web Workers, error messages would distinguish the difference between application/javascript responses and non-script responses. This could have been abused to learn information cross-origin. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 126, Firefox ESR < 115.11, and Thunderbird < 115.11.

CVSS Scores

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