Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS2FIREFOX-2024-028
Advisory Released Date: 2024-08-21
Advisory Updated Date: 2024-08-21
There exists interger overflows in libvpx in versions prior to 1.14.1. Calling vpx_img_alloc() with a large value of the d_w, d_h, or align parameter may result in integer overflows in the calculations of buffer sizes and offsets and some fields of the returned vpx_image_t struct may be invalid. Calling vpx_img_wrap() with a large value of the d_w, d_h, or stride_align parameter may result in integer overflows in the calculations of buffer sizes and offsets and some fields of the returned vpx_image_t struct may be invalid. We recommend upgrading to version 1.14.1 or beyond (CVE-2024-5197)
Affected Packages:
firefox
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 - Firefox Extra. Visit this page to learn more about Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Extras and this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update firefox to update your system.
aarch64:
firefox-115.13.0-1.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
firefox-debuginfo-115.13.0-1.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
src:
firefox-115.13.0-1.amzn2.0.2.src
x86_64:
firefox-115.13.0-1.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
firefox-debuginfo-115.13.0-1.amzn2.0.2.x86_64