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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7: Critical DoS Issue in Firefox RHSA-2018:2113-01

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Calendar Grey June 28, 2018
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Major update for Firefox launched aimed at Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 addressing a range of security issues and weaknesses.
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 60.1.0 ESR.
Security Fix(es):
* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 61, Firefox ESR 60.1, and Firefox ESR 52.9 (CVE-2018-5188)
* Mozilla: Buffer overflow using computed size of canvas element (CVE-2018-12359)
* Mozilla: Use-after-free using focus() (CVE-2018-12360)
* Mozilla: Media recorder segmentation fault when track type is changed during capture (CVE-2018-5156)
* Skia: Heap buffer overflow rasterizing paths in SVG (CVE-2018-6126)
* Mozilla: Integer overflow in SSSE3 scaler (CVE-2018-12362)
* Mozilla: Use-after-free when appending DOM nodes (CVE-2018-12363)
* Mozilla: CSRF attacks through 307 redirects and NPAPI plugins (CVE-2018-12364)
* Mozilla: address bar username and password spoofing in reader mode (CVE-2017-7762)
* Mozilla: Compromised IPC child process can list local filenames (CVE-2018-12365)
* Mozilla: Invalid data handling during QCMS transformations (CVE-2018-12366)
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 Alex Gaynor, Christoph Diehl, Christian Holler, Jason Kratzer, David Major, Jon Coppeard, Nicolas B. Pierron, Marcia Knous, Ronald Crane, Nils, F. Alonso (revskills), David Black, and OSS-Fuzz as the original reporters.

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical DoS Red Hat Enterprise Linux firefox memory safety

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7762 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5156 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5188 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6126 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12359 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12360 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12362 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12363 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12364 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12365 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12366 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-16/

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: firefox-60.1.0-4.el7_5.src.rpm
x86_64: firefox-60.1.0-4.el7_5.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-60.1.0-4.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: firefox-60.1.0-4.el7_5.i686.rpm firefox-debuginfo-60.1.0-4.el7_5.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: firefox-60.1.0-4.el7_5.src.rpm
ppc64: firefox-60.1.0-4.el7_5.ppc64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-60.1.0-4.el7_5.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le: firefox-60.1.0-4.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm firefox-debuginfo-60.1.0-4.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: firefox-60.1.0-4.el7_5.s390x.rpm firefox-debuginfo-60.1.0-4.el7_5.s390x.rpm
x86_64: firefox-60.1.0-4.el7_5.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-60.1.0-4.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7):
Source: firefox-60.1.0-4.el7_5.src.rpm
aarch64: firefox-60.1.0-4.el7_5.aarch64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-60.1.0-4.el7_5.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: firefox-60.1.0-4.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm firefox-debuginfo-60.1.0-4.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: firefox-60.1.0-4.el7_5.s390x.rpm firefox-debuginfo-60.1.0-4.el7_5.s390x.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: firefox-60.1.0-4.el7_5.i686.rpm firefox-debuginfo-60.1.0-4.el7_5.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):
Source: firefox-60.1.0-4.el7_5.src.rpm


Read the Full Advisory


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2018:2113-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2113
Issue date: 2018-06-28

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 critical DoS Red Hat Enterprise Linux firefox 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

Bugs Fixed

1584035 - CVE-2018-6126 Skia: Heap buffer overflow rasterizing paths in SVG

1590493 - CVE-2017-7762 Mozilla: address bar username and password spoofing in reader mode

1595024 - CVE-2018-12359 Mozilla: Buffer overflow using computed size of canvas element

1595025 - CVE-2018-12360 Mozilla: Use-after-free using focus()

1595027 - CVE-2018-12362 Mozilla: Integer overflow in SSSE3 scaler

1595028 - CVE-2018-12363 Mozilla: Use-after-free when appending DOM nodes

1595029 - CVE-2018-12364 Mozilla: CSRF attacks through 307 redirects and NPAPI plugins

1595030 - CVE-2018-12365 Mozilla: Compromised IPC child process can list local filenames

1595031 - CVE-2018-12366 Mozilla: Invalid data handling during QCMS transformations

1595037 - CVE-2018-5156 Mozilla: Media recorder segmentation fault when track type is changed during capture

1595040 - CVE-2018-5188 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 61, Firefox ESR 60.1, and Firefox ESR 52.9

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