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RedHat: RHSA-2019-0374-01 Important: Firefox Security Fix

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Calendar Grey February 19, 2019
Dist Redhat Esm H88
CentOS Stream announces a significant upgrade for Chromium tackling various vulnerabilities and enhancements.
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 60.5.1 ESR.
Security Fix(es):
* chromium-browser, mozilla: Use after free in Skia (CVE-2018-18356)
* mozilla: Integer overflow in Skia (CVE-2019-5785)
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 update red hat important firefox security impact skia

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-18356 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-5785 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2019-05/

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: firefox-60.5.1-1.el7_6.src.rpm
x86_64: firefox-60.5.1-1.el7_6.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-60.5.1-1.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: firefox-60.5.1-1.el7_6.i686.rpm firefox-debuginfo-60.5.1-1.el7_6.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: firefox-60.5.1-1.el7_6.src.rpm
ppc64: firefox-60.5.1-1.el7_6.ppc64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-60.5.1-1.el7_6.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le: firefox-60.5.1-1.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm firefox-debuginfo-60.5.1-1.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: firefox-60.5.1-1.el7_6.s390x.rpm firefox-debuginfo-60.5.1-1.el7_6.s390x.rpm
x86_64: firefox-60.5.1-1.el7_6.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-60.5.1-1.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7):
Source: firefox-60.5.1-1.el7_6.src.rpm
aarch64: firefox-60.5.1-1.el7_6.aarch64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-60.5.1-1.el7_6.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: firefox-60.5.1-1.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm firefox-debuginfo-60.5.1-1.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: firefox-60.5.1-1.el7_6.s390x.rpm firefox-debuginfo-60.5.1-1.el7_6.s390x.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: firefox-60.5.1-1.el7_6.i686.rpm firefox-debuginfo-60.5.1-1.el7_6.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):
Source: firefox-60.5.1-1.el7_6.src.rpm


Read the Full Advisory


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:0374-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0374
Issue date: 2019-02-19

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 Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory update red hat important firefox security impact skia

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

1656570 - CVE-2018-18356 chromium-browser, mozilla: Use after free in Skia

1676991 - CVE-2019-5785 mozilla: Integer overflow in Skia

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