firefox security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2024:0976

Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance, and portability.

This update upgrades Firefox to version 115.8.0 ESR.

Security Fix(es):

• Mozilla: Out-of-bounds memory read in networking channels (CVE-2024-1546)

• Mozilla: Alert dialog could have been spoofed on another site (CVE-2024-1547)

• Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 123, Firefox ESR 115.8, and Thunderbird 115.8 (CVE-2024-1553)

• Mozilla: Fullscreen Notification could have been hidden by select element (CVE-2024-1548)

• Mozilla: Custom cursor could obscure the permission dialog (CVE-2024-1549)

• Mozilla: Mouse cursor re-positioned unexpectedly could have led to unintended permission grants (CVE-2024-1550)

• Mozilla: Multipart HTTP Responses would accept the Set-Cookie header in response parts (CVE-2024-1551)

• Mozilla: Incorrect code generation on 32-bit ARM devices (CVE-2024-1552)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Merged security bulletin from advisories:
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2024-February/099230.html

Affected packages:
firefox

Upstream details at:
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0976