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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 & 7 RHSA-2018:0549-01 Critical Firefox Issue

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Calendar Grey March 19, 2018
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Important security patch for Firefox on Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 6 and 7 has been launched, addressing significant vulnerabilities that necessitate immediate user attention.
An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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, designed for standards compliance, performance, and portability.
This update upgrades Firefox to version 52.7.2 ESR.
Security Fix(es):
* Mozilla: Vorbis audio processing out of bounds write (MFSA 2018-08) (CVE-2018-5146)
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

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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5146 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-08/

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):
Source: firefox-52.7.2-1.el6_9.src.rpm
i386: firefox-52.7.2-1.el6_9.i686.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.7.2-1.el6_9.i686.rpm
x86_64: firefox-52.7.2-1.el6_9.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.7.2-1.el6_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6):
x86_64: firefox-52.7.2-1.el6_9.i686.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.7.2-1.el6_9.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6):
Source: firefox-52.7.2-1.el6_9.src.rpm
x86_64: firefox-52.7.2-1.el6_9.i686.rpm firefox-52.7.2-1.el6_9.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.7.2-1.el6_9.i686.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.7.2-1.el6_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):
Source: firefox-52.7.2-1.el6_9.src.rpm
i386: firefox-52.7.2-1.el6_9.i686.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.7.2-1.el6_9.i686.rpm
ppc64: firefox-52.7.2-1.el6_9.ppc64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.7.2-1.el6_9.ppc64.rpm
s390x: firefox-52.7.2-1.el6_9.s390x.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.7.2-1.el6_9.s390x.rpm
x86_64: firefox-52.7.2-1.el6_9.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.7.2-1.el6_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6):
ppc64: firefox-52.7.2-1.el6_9.ppc.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.7.2-1.el6_9.ppc.rpm
s390x: firefox-52.7.2-1.el6_9.s390.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.7.2-1.el6_9.s390.rpm
x86_64: firefox-52.7.2-1.el6_9.i686.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2018:0549-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0549
Issue date: 2018-03-19

Topic

An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 andRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7.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 critical issue Red Hat security fix firefox firefox update audio processing

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

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 (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - ppc64, s390x, x86_64

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7) - aarch64, ppc64le

Bugs Fixed

1557221 - CVE-2018-5146 Mozilla: Vorbis audio processing out of bounds write (MFSA 2018-08)

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