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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 RHSA-2019:0622-01 Critical: Firefox Update

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Calendar Grey March 20, 2019
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Crucial security update for Firefox on CentOS 7 addresses multiple vulnerabilities for enhanced protection and stability
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 60.6.0 ESR.
Security Fix(es):
* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 66 and Firefox ESR 60.6 (CVE-2019-9788)
* Mozilla: Use-after-free when removing in-use DOM elements (CVE-2019-9790)
* Mozilla: Type inference is incorrect for constructors entered through on-stack replacement with IonMonkey (CVE-2019-9791)
* Mozilla: IonMonkey leaks JS_OPTIMIZED_OUT magic value to script (CVE-2019-9792)
* Mozilla: Improper bounds checks when Spectre mitigations are disabled (CVE-2019-9793)
* Mozilla: Type-confusion in IonMonkey JIT compiler (CVE-2019-9795)
* Mozilla: Use-after-free with SMIL animation controller (CVE-2019-9796)
* Mozilla: Proxy Auto-Configuration file can define localhost access to be proxied (CVE-2018-18506)
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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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-18506 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-9788 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-9790 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-9791 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-9792 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-9793 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-9795 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-9796 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2019-08/

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: firefox-60.6.0-3.el7_6.src.rpm
x86_64: firefox-60.6.0-3.el7_6.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-60.6.0-3.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: firefox-60.6.0-3.el7_6.i686.rpm firefox-debuginfo-60.6.0-3.el7_6.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: firefox-60.6.0-3.el7_6.src.rpm
ppc64: firefox-60.6.0-3.el7_6.ppc64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-60.6.0-3.el7_6.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le: firefox-60.6.0-3.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm firefox-debuginfo-60.6.0-3.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: firefox-60.6.0-3.el7_6.s390x.rpm firefox-debuginfo-60.6.0-3.el7_6.s390x.rpm
x86_64: firefox-60.6.0-3.el7_6.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-60.6.0-3.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7):
Source: firefox-60.6.0-3.el7_6.src.rpm
aarch64: firefox-60.6.0-3.el7_6.aarch64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-60.6.0-3.el7_6.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: firefox-60.6.0-3.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm firefox-debuginfo-60.6.0-3.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: firefox-60.6.0-3.el7_6.s390x.rpm firefox-debuginfo-60.6.0-3.el7_6.s390x.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: firefox-60.6.0-3.el7_6.i686.rpm firefox-debuginfo-60.6.0-3.el7_6.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):
Source: firefox-60.6.0-3.el7_6.src.rpm


Read the Full Advisory


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:0622-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0622
Issue date: 2019-03-20

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 update red hat critical firefox browser security impact

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

1690673 - CVE-2018-18506 Mozilla: Proxy Auto-Configuration file can define localhost access to be proxied

1690674 - CVE-2019-9788 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 66 and Firefox ESR 60.6

1690675 - CVE-2019-9790 Mozilla: Use-after-free when removing in-use DOM elements

1690676 - CVE-2019-9791 Mozilla: Type inference is incorrect for constructors entered through on-stack replacement with IonMonkey

1690677 - CVE-2019-9792 Mozilla: IonMonkey leaks JS_OPTIMIZED_OUT magic value to script

1690678 - CVE-2019-9793 Mozilla: Improper bounds checks when Spectre mitigations are disabled

1690680 - CVE-2019-9795 Mozilla: Type-confusion in IonMonkey JIT compiler

1690681 - CVE-2019-9796 Mozilla: Use-after-free with SMIL animation controller

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