CVE-2024-5690

NameCVE-2024-5690
DescriptionBy monitoring the time certain operations take, an attacker could have guessed which external protocol handlers were functional on a user's system. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 127, Firefox ESR < 115.12, and Thunderbird < 115.12.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-3825-1, DLA-3836-1, DSA-5709-1, DSA-5711-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
firefox (PTS)sid128.0.2-1fixed
firefox-esr (PTS)bullseye115.12.0esr-1~deb11u1fixed
bullseye (security)115.13.0esr-1~deb11u1fixed
bookworm115.12.0esr-1~deb12u1fixed
bookworm (security)115.13.0esr-1~deb12u1fixed
trixie115.12.0esr-1fixed
sid115.13.0esr-2fixed
thunderbird (PTS)bullseye1:115.12.0-1~deb11u1fixed
bullseye (security)1:115.13.0-1~deb11u1fixed
bookworm1:115.12.0-1~deb12u1fixed
bookworm (security)1:115.13.0-1~deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie1:115.13.0-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
firefoxsource(unstable)127.0-1
firefox-esrsourcebuster115.12.0esr-1~deb10u1DLA-3825-1
firefox-esrsourcebullseye115.12.0esr-1~deb11u1DSA-5709-1
firefox-esrsourcebookworm115.12.0esr-1~deb12u1DSA-5709-1
firefox-esrsource(unstable)115.12.0esr-1
thunderbirdsourcebuster1:115.12.0-1~deb10u1DLA-3836-1
thunderbirdsourcebullseye1:115.12.0-1~deb11u1DSA-5711-1
thunderbirdsourcebookworm1:115.12.0-1~deb12u1DSA-5711-1
thunderbirdsource(unstable)1:115.12.0-1

Notes

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2024-25/#CVE-2024-5690
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2024-26/#CVE-2024-5690
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2024-28/#CVE-2024-5690

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