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Red Hat: CVE-2023-4049: Fix potential race conditions when releasing platform objects (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2023-4049: Fix potential race conditions when releasing platform objects (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/01/2023
Created
08/04/2023
Added
08/04/2023
Modified
06/28/2024

Description

Race conditions in reference counting code were found through code inspection. These could have resulted in potentially exploitable use-after-free vulnerabilities. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 116, Firefox ESR < 102.14, and Firefox ESR < 115.1.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-firefox
  • redhat-upgrade-firefox-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-firefox-debugsource
  • redhat-upgrade-firefox-x11
  • redhat-upgrade-thunderbird
  • redhat-upgrade-thunderbird-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-thunderbird-debugsource

References

  • CVE-2023-4049
  • RHSA-2023:4461
  • RHSA-2023:4462
  • RHSA-2023:4463
  • RHSA-2023:4465
  • RHSA-2023:4468
  • RHSA-2023:4493
  • RHSA-2023:4494
  • RHSA-2023:4495
  • RHSA-2023:4497
  • RHSA-2023:4499
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