Headline
RHSA-2023:5538: Red Hat Security Advisory: libvpx security update
An update for libvpx is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.This content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). If you distribute this content, or a modified version of it, you must provide attribution to Red Hat Inc. and provide a link to the original.
Related CVEs:
- CVE-2023-5217: A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way libvpx, a library used to process VP8 and VP9 video codecs data, processes certain specially formatted video data via a crafted HTML page. This flaw allows an attacker to crash or remotely execute arbitrary code in an application, such as a web browser that is compiled with this library.
- CVE-2023-44488: A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in libvpx, a library used to process VP9 video codecs data. This issue occurs when processing certain specially formatted video data via a crafted HTML page, allowing an attacker to crash or remotely execute arbitrary code in an application, such as a web browser that is compiled with this library.
Synopsis
Important: libvpx security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory: Important
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Topic
An update for libvpx is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
The libvpx packages provide the VP8 SDK, which allows the encoding and decoding of the VP8 video codec, commonly used with the WebM multimedia container file format.
Security Fix(es):
- libvpx: Heap buffer overflow in vp8 encoding in libvpx (CVE-2023-5217)
- libvpx: crash related to VP9 encoding in libvpx (CVE-2023-44488)
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.
Solution
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
After installing the update, all applications using libvpx must be restarted for the changes to take effect.
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.6 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.6 ppc64le
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.6 aarch64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.6 ppc64le
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.6 x86_64
- Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.6 x86_64
- Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.6 ppc64le
- Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.6 s390x
- Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.6 aarch64
Fixes
- BZ - 2241191 - CVE-2023-5217 libvpx: Heap buffer overflow in vp8 encoding in libvpx
- BZ - 2241806 - CVE-2023-44488 libvpx: crash related to VP9 encoding in libvpx
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.6
SRPM
libvpx-1.7.0-10.el8_6.src.rpm
SHA-256: d64a51e68b8e352be9d98826651af30b4133586e28663c77b492d6927cba0b14
x86_64
libvpx-1.7.0-10.el8_6.i686.rpm
SHA-256: d657de762ab9ad71bb147562fd315523cba44524f164aa8e3b25b867a5122660
libvpx-1.7.0-10.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 167c995b9d0cd4a69cfd099314362d8a48851a59c6e6f282442ac2d819fe444d
libvpx-debuginfo-1.7.0-10.el8_6.i686.rpm
SHA-256: 26f1472e4b9fca35a46c85f613c56f322ccecae003a2430628065dfef08e731c
libvpx-debuginfo-1.7.0-10.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: f9da92463978df05e29283b658b89826d5b7924de45775d8d1f273999f80f077
libvpx-debugsource-1.7.0-10.el8_6.i686.rpm
SHA-256: 44f7cc5cece00ce0bba5759c93820553af83f71d36eb4b7c920d3ccb766bc9ee
libvpx-debugsource-1.7.0-10.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 98a940bbccadfd722d68c2ac9bd2bde9399a64caa3b2db21438835770125b432
libvpx-utils-debuginfo-1.7.0-10.el8_6.i686.rpm
SHA-256: 4afe499d6702f861b1d64ea1be1a5590d06b5036e0e885c68b298fb1891d045c
libvpx-utils-debuginfo-1.7.0-10.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: cb39e99d7a17f85c67625ecf7a0bd936713c4a67f0b25842308af94acffc5f76
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.6
SRPM
libvpx-1.7.0-10.el8_6.src.rpm
SHA-256: d64a51e68b8e352be9d98826651af30b4133586e28663c77b492d6927cba0b14
x86_64
libvpx-1.7.0-10.el8_6.i686.rpm
SHA-256: d657de762ab9ad71bb147562fd315523cba44524f164aa8e3b25b867a5122660
libvpx-1.7.0-10.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 167c995b9d0cd4a69cfd099314362d8a48851a59c6e6f282442ac2d819fe444d
libvpx-debuginfo-1.7.0-10.el8_6.i686.rpm
SHA-256: 26f1472e4b9fca35a46c85f613c56f322ccecae003a2430628065dfef08e731c
libvpx-debuginfo-1.7.0-10.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: f9da92463978df05e29283b658b89826d5b7924de45775d8d1f273999f80f077
libvpx-debugsource-1.7.0-10.el8_6.i686.rpm
SHA-256: 44f7cc5cece00ce0bba5759c93820553af83f71d36eb4b7c920d3ccb766bc9ee
libvpx-debugsource-1.7.0-10.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 98a940bbccadfd722d68c2ac9bd2bde9399a64caa3b2db21438835770125b432
libvpx-utils-debuginfo-1.7.0-10.el8_6.i686.rpm
SHA-256: 4afe499d6702f861b1d64ea1be1a5590d06b5036e0e885c68b298fb1891d045c
libvpx-utils-debuginfo-1.7.0-10.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: cb39e99d7a17f85c67625ecf7a0bd936713c4a67f0b25842308af94acffc5f76
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.6
SRPM
libvpx-1.7.0-10.el8_6.src.rpm
SHA-256: d64a51e68b8e352be9d98826651af30b4133586e28663c77b492d6927cba0b14
s390x
libvpx-1.7.0-10.el8_6.s390x.rpm
SHA-256: 5440eddb470bcbc8553b47bdaf1b74b5ceeb89e01e93658ad4aa8b56aa0ad611
libvpx-debuginfo-1.7.0-10.el8_6.s390x.rpm
SHA-256: faf8ca32eb4f78755db7de4ee16d9be6dad5246692df6dea719f8043934e77d6
libvpx-debugsource-1.7.0-10.el8_6.s390x.rpm
SHA-256: 3f06b375b4959ce966ff7e6a6a24abf97fd13a46aff1843cbc24aebfdbcd07c9
libvpx-utils-debuginfo-1.7.0-10.el8_6.s390x.rpm
SHA-256: e4c879f24fac752adaf4ef04aa980c553c5e31465ee42a13c3b92fd4b8dc950a
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.6
SRPM
libvpx-1.7.0-10.el8_6.src.rpm
SHA-256: d64a51e68b8e352be9d98826651af30b4133586e28663c77b492d6927cba0b14
ppc64le
libvpx-1.7.0-10.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
SHA-256: 21fb256871cb8df53b6ecd014b97954104c0dd7567556c60b40641fb3862074b
libvpx-debuginfo-1.7.0-10.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
SHA-256: c2e37604dbc20ad2c747a89fe75906edf8660d217fd7065afb661020afbb600e
libvpx-debugsource-1.7.0-10.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
SHA-256: e337744456119deb3f14f93e4ca512d0ad8629c4d29711ebf3d1938e45f69af0
libvpx-utils-debuginfo-1.7.0-10.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
SHA-256: 5b864f044b4a4cade995491a1e01fd4201df8fd6ac58a7f765d8fa85957b349b
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.6
SRPM
libvpx-1.7.0-10.el8_6.src.rpm
SHA-256: d64a51e68b8e352be9d98826651af30b4133586e28663c77b492d6927cba0b14
x86_64
libvpx-1.7.0-10.el8_6.i686.rpm
SHA-256: d657de762ab9ad71bb147562fd315523cba44524f164aa8e3b25b867a5122660
libvpx-1.7.0-10.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 167c995b9d0cd4a69cfd099314362d8a48851a59c6e6f282442ac2d819fe444d
libvpx-debuginfo-1.7.0-10.el8_6.i686.rpm
SHA-256: 26f1472e4b9fca35a46c85f613c56f322ccecae003a2430628065dfef08e731c
libvpx-debuginfo-1.7.0-10.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: f9da92463978df05e29283b658b89826d5b7924de45775d8d1f273999f80f077
libvpx-debugsource-1.7.0-10.el8_6.i686.rpm
SHA-256: 44f7cc5cece00ce0bba5759c93820553af83f71d36eb4b7c920d3ccb766bc9ee
libvpx-debugsource-1.7.0-10.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 98a940bbccadfd722d68c2ac9bd2bde9399a64caa3b2db21438835770125b432
libvpx-utils-debuginfo-1.7.0-10.el8_6.i686.rpm
SHA-256: 4afe499d6702f861b1d64ea1be1a5590d06b5036e0e885c68b298fb1891d045c
libvpx-utils-debuginfo-1.7.0-10.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: cb39e99d7a17f85c67625ecf7a0bd936713c4a67f0b25842308af94acffc5f76
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.6
SRPM
libvpx-1.7.0-10.el8_6.src.rpm
SHA-256: d64a51e68b8e352be9d98826651af30b4133586e28663c77b492d6927cba0b14
aarch64
libvpx-1.7.0-10.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
SHA-256: b55da1968bedac711608726a58ce0795314a3be8060fce9aa79235c205ad11ae
libvpx-debuginfo-1.7.0-10.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
SHA-256: 36b140376da72969f7542d63ed12964d783968fda7dcd572e211dcad90f4c94a
libvpx-debugsource-1.7.0-10.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
SHA-256: f927ab60a98bc160ccf237ae80821deaa899f8a174139c3a932ea0a779aeea1f
libvpx-utils-debuginfo-1.7.0-10.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
SHA-256: 2feb1a3ab7d704c9c6b0f4e5287b253318b1dd7950b9290015126851eae8d757
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.6
SRPM
libvpx-1.7.0-10.el8_6.src.rpm
SHA-256: d64a51e68b8e352be9d98826651af30b4133586e28663c77b492d6927cba0b14
ppc64le
libvpx-1.7.0-10.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
SHA-256: 21fb256871cb8df53b6ecd014b97954104c0dd7567556c60b40641fb3862074b
libvpx-debuginfo-1.7.0-10.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
SHA-256: c2e37604dbc20ad2c747a89fe75906edf8660d217fd7065afb661020afbb600e
libvpx-debugsource-1.7.0-10.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
SHA-256: e337744456119deb3f14f93e4ca512d0ad8629c4d29711ebf3d1938e45f69af0
libvpx-utils-debuginfo-1.7.0-10.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
SHA-256: 5b864f044b4a4cade995491a1e01fd4201df8fd6ac58a7f765d8fa85957b349b
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.6
SRPM
libvpx-1.7.0-10.el8_6.src.rpm
SHA-256: d64a51e68b8e352be9d98826651af30b4133586e28663c77b492d6927cba0b14
x86_64
libvpx-1.7.0-10.el8_6.i686.rpm
SHA-256: d657de762ab9ad71bb147562fd315523cba44524f164aa8e3b25b867a5122660
libvpx-1.7.0-10.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 167c995b9d0cd4a69cfd099314362d8a48851a59c6e6f282442ac2d819fe444d
libvpx-debuginfo-1.7.0-10.el8_6.i686.rpm
SHA-256: 26f1472e4b9fca35a46c85f613c56f322ccecae003a2430628065dfef08e731c
libvpx-debuginfo-1.7.0-10.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: f9da92463978df05e29283b658b89826d5b7924de45775d8d1f273999f80f077
libvpx-debugsource-1.7.0-10.el8_6.i686.rpm
SHA-256: 44f7cc5cece00ce0bba5759c93820553af83f71d36eb4b7c920d3ccb766bc9ee
libvpx-debugsource-1.7.0-10.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 98a940bbccadfd722d68c2ac9bd2bde9399a64caa3b2db21438835770125b432
libvpx-utils-debuginfo-1.7.0-10.el8_6.i686.rpm
SHA-256: 4afe499d6702f861b1d64ea1be1a5590d06b5036e0e885c68b298fb1891d045c
libvpx-utils-debuginfo-1.7.0-10.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: cb39e99d7a17f85c67625ecf7a0bd936713c4a67f0b25842308af94acffc5f76
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.6
SRPM
x86_64
libvpx-debuginfo-1.7.0-10.el8_6.i686.rpm
SHA-256: 26f1472e4b9fca35a46c85f613c56f322ccecae003a2430628065dfef08e731c
libvpx-debuginfo-1.7.0-10.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: f9da92463978df05e29283b658b89826d5b7924de45775d8d1f273999f80f077
libvpx-debugsource-1.7.0-10.el8_6.i686.rpm
SHA-256: 44f7cc5cece00ce0bba5759c93820553af83f71d36eb4b7c920d3ccb766bc9ee
libvpx-debugsource-1.7.0-10.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 98a940bbccadfd722d68c2ac9bd2bde9399a64caa3b2db21438835770125b432
libvpx-devel-1.7.0-10.el8_6.i686.rpm
SHA-256: db0b1476879858e4adb47b75a30e2e297593f472c45f99c0cf918d28e7e6c85f
libvpx-devel-1.7.0-10.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 7211b39b575bd1192c64a75f6f4f53b30620c89f19c7e184e2647cf0309ea57e
libvpx-utils-debuginfo-1.7.0-10.el8_6.i686.rpm
SHA-256: 4afe499d6702f861b1d64ea1be1a5590d06b5036e0e885c68b298fb1891d045c
libvpx-utils-debuginfo-1.7.0-10.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: cb39e99d7a17f85c67625ecf7a0bd936713c4a67f0b25842308af94acffc5f76
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.6
SRPM
ppc64le
libvpx-debuginfo-1.7.0-10.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
SHA-256: c2e37604dbc20ad2c747a89fe75906edf8660d217fd7065afb661020afbb600e
libvpx-debugsource-1.7.0-10.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
SHA-256: e337744456119deb3f14f93e4ca512d0ad8629c4d29711ebf3d1938e45f69af0
libvpx-devel-1.7.0-10.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
SHA-256: 2c7a45e4bbd35233daac91da515019e1a5dbdbd91059125fdc07de01f37a0ee1
libvpx-utils-debuginfo-1.7.0-10.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
SHA-256: 5b864f044b4a4cade995491a1e01fd4201df8fd6ac58a7f765d8fa85957b349b
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.6
SRPM
s390x
libvpx-debuginfo-1.7.0-10.el8_6.s390x.rpm
SHA-256: faf8ca32eb4f78755db7de4ee16d9be6dad5246692df6dea719f8043934e77d6
libvpx-debugsource-1.7.0-10.el8_6.s390x.rpm
SHA-256: 3f06b375b4959ce966ff7e6a6a24abf97fd13a46aff1843cbc24aebfdbcd07c9
libvpx-devel-1.7.0-10.el8_6.s390x.rpm
SHA-256: 5586bd917977b5841dbf17afd035be5e4ac515d1b43da767147c61011cdd7f31
libvpx-utils-debuginfo-1.7.0-10.el8_6.s390x.rpm
SHA-256: e4c879f24fac752adaf4ef04aa980c553c5e31465ee42a13c3b92fd4b8dc950a
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.6
SRPM
aarch64
libvpx-debuginfo-1.7.0-10.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
SHA-256: 36b140376da72969f7542d63ed12964d783968fda7dcd572e211dcad90f4c94a
libvpx-debugsource-1.7.0-10.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
SHA-256: f927ab60a98bc160ccf237ae80821deaa899f8a174139c3a932ea0a779aeea1f
libvpx-devel-1.7.0-10.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
SHA-256: 53f9937a47179686e000b98aeddb12f77355e374c63fb6dd7fd3f76096abab82
libvpx-utils-debuginfo-1.7.0-10.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
SHA-256: 2feb1a3ab7d704c9c6b0f4e5287b253318b1dd7950b9290015126851eae8d757
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An update for libvpx is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Update Services for SAP Solutions. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.This content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). If you distribute this content, or a modified version of it, you must provide attribution to Red Hat Inc. and provide a link to the original. Related CVEs: * CVE-2023-5217: A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way libvpx, a library used to process VP8 and VP9 video codecs data, processes certain specially formatted video data via a crafted HTML page. This flaw allows an attacker to crash or remotely execute arbitrary code in an application, such as a web browser that ...
An update for libvpx is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.This content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). If you distribute this content, or a modified version of it, you must provide attribution to Red Hat Inc. and provide a link to the original. Related CVEs: * CVE-2023-5217: A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way libvpx, a library used to process VP8 and VP9 video codecs data, processes certain specially formatted video data via a crafted HTML page. This flaw allows an attacker to crash or remotely execute arbitrary code in an application, such as a web browser that is compiled with this library. * CVE...
An update for libvpx is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.This content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). If you distribute this content, or a modified version of it, you must provide attribution to Red Hat Inc. and provide a link to the original. Related CVEs: * CVE-2023-5217: A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way libvpx, a library used to process VP8 and VP9 video codecs data, processes certain specially formatted video data via a...
An update for libvpx is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.This content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). If you distribute this content, or a modified version of it, you must provide attribution to Red Hat Inc. and provide a link to the original. Related CVEs: * CVE-2023-5217: A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way libvpx, a library used to process VP8 and VP9 video codecs data, processes certain specially formatted video data via a crafted HTML page. This flaw allows an attacker to crash or remotely execute arbitrary code in an application, such as a web browser that is compile...
Debian Linux Security Advisory 5518-1 - It was discovered that missing input sanitising in the encoding support in libvpx, a multimedia library for the VP8 and VP9 video codecs, may result in denial of service.
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 202310-4 - Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libvpx, the worst of which could result in arbitrary code execution. Versions greater than or equal to 1.13.1 are affected.
An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.This content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). If you distribute this content, or a modified version of it, you must provide attribution to Red Hat Inc. and provide a link to the original. Related CVEs: * CVE-2023-3600: The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: During the worker lifecycle, a use-after-free condition could have occured, which could have led to a potentially exploitable crash. * CVE-2023-5169: A flaw was found in Mozilla. The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: A compromised content process could hav...
An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.This content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). If you distribute this content, or a modified version of it, you must provide attribution to Red Hat Inc. and provide a link to the original. Related CVEs: * CVE-2023-3600: The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: During the worker lifecycle, a use-after-free condition could have occured, which could have led to a potent...
An update for thunderbird is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.This content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). If you distribute this content, or a modified version of it, you must provide attribution to Red Hat Inc. and provide a link to the original. Related CVEs: * CVE-2023-3600: The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: During the worker lifecycle, a use-after-free condition could have occured, which could have led to a potentially exploitable crash. * CVE-2023-5169: A flaw was found in Mozilla. The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: A comprom...
An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.This content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). If you distribute this content, or a modified version of it, you must provide attribution to Red Hat Inc. and provide a link to the original. Related CVEs: * CVE-2023-3600: The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: During the worker lifecycle, a use-after-free condition could have occured, which could have led to a potentially exploitable crash. * CVE-2023-5169: A flaw was found in Mozilla. The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: A compromised...
Ubuntu Security Notice 6405-1 - Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive information, bypass security restrictions, cross-site tracing, or execute arbitrary code. Andrew McCreight discovered that Thunderbird did not properly manage during the worker lifecycle. An attacker could potentially exploit this issue to cause a denial of service.
Ubuntu Security Notice 6404-1 - Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive information across domains, or execute arbitrary code. Ronald Crane discovered that Firefox did not properly manage memory when non-HTTPS Alternate Services is enabled. An attacker could potentially exploit this issue to cause a denial of service.
Ubuntu Security Notice 6403-1 - It was discovered that libvpx did not properly handle certain malformed media files. If an application using libvpx opened a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Debian Linux Security Advisory 5509-1 - A buffer overflow in VP8 media stream processing has been found in the Mozilla Firefox web browser, which could potentially result in the execution of arbitrary code.
Debian Linux Security Advisory 5508-1 - Multiple security issues were discovered in Chromium, which could result in the execution of arbitrary code, denial of service or information disclosure.
Microsoft is aware and has released patches associated with the two Open-Source Software security vulnerabilities, CVE-2023-4863 and CVE-2023-5217. Through our investigation, we found that these affect a subset of our products and as of today, we have addressed them in our products as outlined below: CVE-2023-4863 Microsoft Edge Microsoft Teams for Desktop Skype for Desktop Webp Image Extensions (Released on Windows and updates through Microsoft Store) CVE-2023-5217
VP9 in libvpx before 1.13.1 mishandles widths, leading to a crash related to encoding.
Categories: Exploits and vulnerabilities Categories: News Google has updated its Chrome Stable Channel to fix, among other things, an actively exploited vulnerability (Read more...) The post Update Chrome now! Google patches another actively exploited vulnerability appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.