vulnerability
CentOS Linux: CVE-2021-29986: Important: firefox security update (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Aug 16, 2021 | Aug 17, 2021 | May 25, 2023 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Aug 16, 2021
Added
Aug 17, 2021
Modified
May 25, 2023
Description
A suspected race condition when calling getaddrinfo led to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. *Note: This issue only affected Linux operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected.* This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 78.13, Thunderbird < 91, Firefox ESR < 78.13, and Firefox < 91.
Solutions
centos-upgrade-firefoxcentos-upgrade-firefox-debuginfocentos-upgrade-firefox-debugsourcecentos-upgrade-thunderbirdcentos-upgrade-thunderbird-debuginfocentos-upgrade-thunderbird-debugsource
References
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