Resource exhaustion in Firefox ESR - CVE-2024-2616

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Resource exhaustion in Firefox ESR - CVE-2024-2616

Published: March 19, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU87647
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-2616
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Firefox ESR
Debian Linux
Oracle Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Fedora
CentOS
Anolis OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
Slackware Linux
SUSE Package Hub 15
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
openEuler
Oracle Solaris
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
seamonkey
thunderbird (Ubuntu package)
mozilla-thunderbird
mozilla-firefox
firefox-esr (Debian package)
thunderbird
thunderbird (Debian package)
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo
MozillaThunderbird
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other
firefox (Red Hat package)
firefox
firefox-debuginfo
firefox-debugsource
Mozilla Thunderbird

How to mitigate CVE-2024-2616

Install updates from vendor's website.

Firefox ESR - update to 115.9.0
Mozilla Thunderbird - update to 115.9.0
seamonkey - update to 2.53.18.2
seamonkey - addressed in versions 2.53.18.2-1.el7, 2.53.18.2-1.el8, 2.53.18.2-1.fc38, 2.53.18.2-1.fc39, 2.53.18.2-1.fc40
Oracle Solaris - addressed in versions 11.3 ESU 36.33, 11.4 SRU 68
thunderbird (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1:115.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 1:115.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 1:115.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.23.10.1
mozilla-thunderbird - update to 115.9.0
mozilla-firefox - update to 115.9.0esr
firefox-esr (Debian package) - addressed in versions 115.9.0esr-1~deb11u1, 115.9.0esr-1~deb12u1
thunderbird - addressed in versions 115.9.0-1.fc38, 115.9.0-1.fc39, 115.9.0-1.fc40
thunderbird (Debian package) - addressed in versions 1:115.9.0-1~deb11u1, 1:115.9.0-1~deb12u1
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo - update to 115.9.0-150200.8.154.1
MozillaThunderbird - update to 115.9.0-150200.8.154.1
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource - update to 115.9.0-150200.8.154.1
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common - update to 115.9.0-150200.8.154.1
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other - update to 115.9.0-150200.8.154.1
firefox (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 115.9.1-1.el7_9, 115.9.1-1.el8_2, 115.9.1-1.el8_4, 115.9.1-1.el8_6, 115.9.1-1.el8_8, 115.9.1-1.el8_9, 115.9.1-1.el9_0, 115.9.1-1.el9_2, 115.9.1-1.el9_3
firefox - update to 115.9.1-1.0.1
firefox - update to 128.8.0-1
firefox-debuginfo - update to 128.8.0-1
firefox-debugsource - update to 128.8.0-1

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