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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7: RHSA-2018-1415-01 Critical Firefox Update

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Calendar Grey May 15, 2018
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Ensure your Firefox installation is updated on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 to incorporate crucial security patches as outlined in the latest advisory from Red Hat.
An update for firefox is now available for 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 52.8.0 ESR.
Security Fix(es):
* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 60 and Firefox ESR 52.8 (CVE-2018-5150)
* Mozilla: Backport critical security fixes in Skia (CVE-2018-5183)
* Mozilla: Use-after-free with SVG animations and clip paths (CVE-2018-5154)
* Mozilla: Use-after-free with SVG animations and text paths (CVE-2018-5155)
* Mozilla: Same-origin bypass of PDF Viewer to view protected PDF files (CVE-2018-5157)
* Mozilla: Malicious PDF can inject JavaScript into PDF Viewer (CVE-2018-5158)
* Mozilla: Integer overflow and out-of-bounds write in Skia (CVE-2018-5159)
* Mozilla: Lightweight themes can be installed without user interaction (CVE-2018-5168)
* Mozilla: Buffer overflow during UTF-8 to Unicode string conversion through legacy extension (CVE-2018-5178)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting these issues. Upstream acknowledges Christoph Diehl, Randell Jesup, Tyson Smith, Alex Gaynor, Ronald Crane, Julian Hector, Kannan Vijayan, Jason Kratzer, Mozilla Developers, Nils, Wladimir Palant, Ivan Fratric, and Root Object as the original reporters.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update red hat critical firefox web browser memory safety

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5150 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5154 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5155 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5157 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5158 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5159 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5168 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5178 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5183 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#critical https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-12/

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: firefox-52.8.0-1.el7_5.src.rpm
x86_64: firefox-52.8.0-1.el7_5.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.8.0-1.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: firefox-52.8.0-1.el7_5.i686.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.8.0-1.el7_5.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: firefox-52.8.0-1.el7_5.src.rpm
ppc64: firefox-52.8.0-1.el7_5.ppc64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.8.0-1.el7_5.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le: firefox-52.8.0-1.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.8.0-1.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: firefox-52.8.0-1.el7_5.s390x.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.8.0-1.el7_5.s390x.rpm
x86_64: firefox-52.8.0-1.el7_5.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.8.0-1.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7):
Source: firefox-52.8.0-1.el7_5.src.rpm
aarch64: firefox-52.8.0-1.el7_5.aarch64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.8.0-1.el7_5.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: firefox-52.8.0-1.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.8.0-1.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: firefox-52.8.0-1.el7_5.s390x.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.8.0-1.el7_5.s390x.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: firefox-52.8.0-1.el7_5.i686.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.8.0-1.el7_5.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7):
s390x:

Read the Full Advisory


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2018:1415-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1415
Issue date: 2018-05-14

Topic

An update for firefox is now available for Red 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 security update red hat critical firefox web browser memory safety

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

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - 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, s390x

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7) - s390x

Bugs Fixed

1576250 - CVE-2018-5150 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 60 and Firefox ESR 52.8

1576255 - CVE-2018-5154 Mozilla: Use-after-free with SVG animations and clip paths

1576257 - CVE-2018-5155 Mozilla: Use-after-free with SVG animations and text paths

1576258 - CVE-2018-5157 Mozilla: Same-origin bypass of PDF Viewer to view protected PDF files

1576259 - CVE-2018-5158 Mozilla: Malicious PDF can inject JavaScript into PDF Viewer

1576260 - CVE-2018-5159 Mozilla: Integer overflow and out-of-bounds write in Skia

1576269 - CVE-2018-5168 Mozilla: Lightweight themes can be installed without user interaction

1576278 - CVE-2018-5178 Mozilla: Buffer overflow during UTF-8 to Unicode string conversion through legacy extension

1576283 - CVE-2018-5183 Mozilla: Backport critical security fixes in Skia

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