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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2016-5258) ELSA-2016-1551: firefox security update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2016-5258) ELSA-2016-1551: firefox security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/03/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/06/2016
Modified
05/07/2019

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the WebRTC socket thread in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging incorrect free operations on DTLS objects during the shutdown of a WebRTC session.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-firefox

References

  • ELSA-2016-1551
  • DLA-585-1
  • DSA-3640
  • USN-3044-1
  • CVE-2016-5258

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