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AlmaLinux 8 has received various security upgrades, including Firefox, Ruby:3.3, and Thunderbird:

ALSA-2024:6682: firefox security update (Important)
ALSA-2024:6784: ruby:3.3 security update (Moderate)
ALSA-2024:6684: thunderbird security update (Important)



ALSA-2024:6682: firefox security update (Important)


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AlmaLinux: 8
Type: Security
Severity: Important
Release date: 2024-09-19

Summary:

Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance, and portability.

Security Fix(es):

* firefox: 115.15/128.2 ESR ()
* mozilla: Type confusion when looking up a property name in a "with" block (CVE-2024-8381)
* mozilla: Internal event interfaces were exposed to web content when browser EventHandler listener callbacks ran (CVE-2024-8382)
* mozilla: Firefox did not ask before openings news: links in an external application (CVE-2024-8383)
* mozilla: Garbage collection could mis-color cross-compartment objects in OOM conditions (CVE-2024-8384)
* mozilla: WASM type confusion involving ArrayTypes (CVE-2024-8385)
* mozilla: SelectElements could be shown over another site if popups are allowed (CVE-2024-8386)
* mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 130, Firefox ESR 128.2, and Thunderbird 128.2 (CVE-2024-8387)
* mozilla: Type Confusion in Async Generators in Javascript Engine (CVE-2024-7652)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Full details, updated packages, references, and other related information: https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2024-6682.html

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ALSA-2024:6784: ruby:3.3 security update (Moderate)


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AlmaLinux: 8
Type: Security
Severity: Moderate
Release date: 2024-09-19

Summary:

Ruby is an extensible, interpreted, object-oriented, scripting language. It has features to process text files and to perform system management tasks.

Security Fix(es):

* rexml: DoS vulnerability in REXML (CVE-2024-39908)
* rexml: rubygem-rexml: DoS when parsing an XML having many specific characters such as whitespace character, >] and ]> (CVE-2024-41123)
* rexml: DoS vulnerability in REXML (CVE-2024-41946)
* rexml: DoS vulnerability in REXML (CVE-2024-43398)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Full details, updated packages, references, and other related information: https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2024-6784.html

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ALSA-2024:6684: thunderbird security update (Important)


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AlmaLinux: 8
Type: Security
Severity: Important
Release date: 2024-09-19

Summary:

Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.

Security Fix(es):

* thunderbird: 115.15/128.2 ()
* mozilla: Type confusion when looking up a property name in a "with" block (CVE-2024-8381)
* mozilla: Internal event interfaces were exposed to web content when browser EventHandler listener callbacks ran (CVE-2024-8382)
* mozilla: Garbage collection could mis-color cross-compartment objects in OOM conditions (CVE-2024-8384)
* mozilla: WASM type confusion involving ArrayTypes (CVE-2024-8385)
* mozilla: SelectElements could be shown over another site if popups are allowed (CVE-2024-8386)
* mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 130, Firefox ESR 128.2, and Thunderbird 128.2 (CVE-2024-8387)
* thunderbird: Crash when aborting verification of OTR chat (CVE-2024-8394)
* mozilla: Type Confusion in Async Generators in Javascript Engine (CVE-2024-7652)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Full details, updated packages, references, and other related information: https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2024-6684.html

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