SB2024112871 - Fedora 41 update for firefox, nss
Published: November 28, 2024
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 11 vulnerabilities.
1) Security features bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-11694)
CWE-ID: CWE-254 - Security Features
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented CSP.
The vulnerability exists due to Enhanced Tracking Protection's Strict mode allows a CSP frame-src bypass and DOM-based XSS through the Google SafeFrame shim in the Web Compatibility extension. A remote attacker can masquerade malicious frames as legitimate content.
2) Insufficient UI Warning of Dangerous Operations (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-11692)
CWE-ID: CWE-357 - Insufficient UI Warning of Dangerous Operations
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.
The vulnerability exists due to an error, which leads to a select dropdown be shown over another tab. A remote attacker can perform spoofing attack against arbitrary website.
3) Spoofing attack (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-11695)
CWE-ID: CWE-451 - User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information (Clickjacking, spoofing)
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect processing of URL containing Arabic script and whitespace characters. A remote attacker can spoof the URL of the website.
4) Improper error handling (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-11696)
CWE-ID: CWE-388 - Error Handling
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.
The vulnerability exists due to improper exception handling thrown by the loadManifestFromFile method when validating add-on signatures. A remote attacker can bypass the implemented signature verification process and perform installation of a malicious add-on.
5) Data Handling (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-11697)
CWE-ID: CWE-19 - Data Handling
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper keypress handling in executable file confirmation dialog. A remote attacker can trick the victim into executing a malicious file.
6) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-11699)
CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing HTML content. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted website, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
7) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-11708)
CWE-ID: CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to missing thread synchronization primitives. A remote attacker can trigger a data race of the PlaybackParams structure and gain access to sensitive information.
8) Spoofing attack (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-11701)
CWE-ID: CWE-451 - User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information (Clickjacking, spoofing)
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a misleading address bar state during navigation interruption. A remote attacker can perform spoofing attack.
9) Double free (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-11704)
CWE-ID: CWE-415 - Double Free
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the sec_pkcs7_decoder_start_decrypt() function. A remote attacker can trick the victim into connecting to a specially crafted website, trigger a double free error and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
10) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-11706)
CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error within the SEC_ASN1DecodeItem_Util() function in pk12util. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted website and crash the browser.
11) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-11705)
CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in NSC_DeriveKey. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website and crash the browser.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.