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Red Hat: RHSA-2018-0526-01 Critical: Firefox Security Update

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Calendar Grey March 15, 2018
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Important security patch released for Firefox on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Update to version 52.7.0 to implement essential corrections.
An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

After installing the update, Firefox must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

Summary

Mozilla Firefox is an open source web browser.
This update upgrades Firefox to version 52.7.0 ESR.
Security Fix(es):
* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 59 and Firefox ESR 52.7 (MFSA 2018-07) (CVE-2018-5125)
* Mozilla: Buffer overflow manipulating SVG animatedPathSegList (MFSA 2018-07) (CVE-2018-5127)
* Mozilla: Out-of-bounds write with malformed IPC messages (MFSA 2018-07) (CVE-2018-5129)
* Mozilla: Mismatched RTP payload type can trigger memory corruption (MFSA 2018-07) (CVE-2018-5130)
* Mozilla: Fetch API improperly returns cached copies of no-store/no-cache resources (MFSA 2018-07) (CVE-2018-5131)
* Mozilla: Integer overflow during Unicode conversion (MFSA 2018-07) (CVE-2018-5144)
* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 52.7 (MFSA 2018-07) (CVE-2018-5145)
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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow critical Red Hat Enterprise Linux Firefox memory safety CGI

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5125 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5127 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5129 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5130 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5131 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5144 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5145 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#critical https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-07/

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):
Source: firefox-52.7.0-1.el6_9.src.rpm
i386: firefox-52.7.0-1.el6_9.i686.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.7.0-1.el6_9.i686.rpm
x86_64: firefox-52.7.0-1.el6_9.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.7.0-1.el6_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6):
x86_64: firefox-52.7.0-1.el6_9.i686.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.7.0-1.el6_9.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6):
Source: firefox-52.7.0-1.el6_9.src.rpm
x86_64: firefox-52.7.0-1.el6_9.i686.rpm firefox-52.7.0-1.el6_9.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.7.0-1.el6_9.i686.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.7.0-1.el6_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):
Source: firefox-52.7.0-1.el6_9.src.rpm
i386: firefox-52.7.0-1.el6_9.i686.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.7.0-1.el6_9.i686.rpm
ppc64: firefox-52.7.0-1.el6_9.ppc64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.7.0-1.el6_9.ppc64.rpm
s390x: firefox-52.7.0-1.el6_9.s390x.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.7.0-1.el6_9.s390x.rpm
x86_64: firefox-52.7.0-1.el6_9.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.7.0-1.el6_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6):
ppc64: firefox-52.7.0-1.el6_9.ppc.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.7.0-1.el6_9.ppc.rpm
s390x: firefox-52.7.0-1.el6_9.s390.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.7.0-1.el6_9.s390.rpm
x86_64: firefox-52.7.0-1.el6_9.i686.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2018:0526-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0526
Issue date: 2018-03-15

Topic

An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Critical. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow critical Red Hat Enterprise Linux Firefox memory safety CGI

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1555127 - CVE-2018-5125 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 59 and Firefox ESR 52.7 (MFSA 2018-07)

1555128 - CVE-2018-5127 Mozilla: Buffer overflow manipulating SVG animatedPathSegList (MFSA 2018-07)

1555129 - CVE-2018-5129 Mozilla: Out-of-bounds write with malformed IPC messages (MFSA 2018-07)

1555130 - CVE-2018-5130 Mozilla: Mismatched RTP payload type can trigger memory corruption (MFSA 2018-07)

1555131 - CVE-2018-5131 Mozilla: Fetch API improperly returns cached copies of no-store/no-cache resources (MFSA 2018-07)

1555132 - CVE-2018-5144 Mozilla: Integer overflow during Unicode conversion (MFSA 2018-07)

1555133 - CVE-2018-5145 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 52.7 (MFSA 2018-07)

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