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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 RHSA-2019:1763-01 Critical Firefox Update

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Calendar Grey July 11, 2019
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Ubuntu issues an urgent patch for Chrome affecting Ubuntu 20.04. Update immediately!
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 60.8.0 ESR.
Security Fix(es):
* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 68 and Firefox ESR 60.8 (CVE-2019-11709)
* Mozilla: Sandbox escape via installation of malicious language pack (CVE-2019-9811)
* Mozilla: Script injection within domain through inner window reuse (CVE-2019-11711)
* Mozilla: Cross-origin POST requests can be made with NPAPI plugins by following 308 redirects (CVE-2019-11712)
* Mozilla: Use-after-free with HTTP/2 cached stream (CVE-2019-11713)
* Mozilla: HTML parsing error can contribute to content XSS (CVE-2019-11715)
* Mozilla: Caret character improperly escaped in origins (CVE-2019-11717)
* Mozilla: Same-origin policy treats all files in a directory as having the same-origin (CVE-2019-11730)
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 critical mozilla firefox linux distribution security impact

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-9811 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11709 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11711 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11712 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11713 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11715 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11717 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11730 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: firefox-60.8.0-1.el7_6.src.rpm
x86_64: firefox-60.8.0-1.el7_6.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-60.8.0-1.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: firefox-60.8.0-1.el7_6.i686.rpm firefox-debuginfo-60.8.0-1.el7_6.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: firefox-60.8.0-1.el7_6.src.rpm
ppc64: firefox-60.8.0-1.el7_6.ppc64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-60.8.0-1.el7_6.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le: firefox-60.8.0-1.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm firefox-debuginfo-60.8.0-1.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: firefox-60.8.0-1.el7_6.s390x.rpm firefox-debuginfo-60.8.0-1.el7_6.s390x.rpm
x86_64: firefox-60.8.0-1.el7_6.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-60.8.0-1.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7):
Source: firefox-60.8.0-1.el7_6.src.rpm
aarch64: firefox-60.8.0-1.el7_6.aarch64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-60.8.0-1.el7_6.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: firefox-60.8.0-1.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm firefox-debuginfo-60.8.0-1.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: firefox-60.8.0-1.el7_6.s390x.rpm firefox-debuginfo-60.8.0-1.el7_6.s390x.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: firefox-60.8.0-1.el7_6.i686.rpm firefox-debuginfo-60.8.0-1.el7_6.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):
Source: firefox-60.8.0-1.el7_6.src.rpm


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:1763-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1763
Issue date: 2019-07-11

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 critical mozilla firefox linux distribution 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

1728430 - CVE-2019-11709 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 68 and Firefox ESR 60.8

1728431 - CVE-2019-11711 Mozilla: Script injection within domain through inner window reuse

1728432 - CVE-2019-11712 Mozilla: Cross-origin POST requests can be made with NPAPI plugins by following 308 redirects

1728433 - CVE-2019-11713 Mozilla: Use-after-free with HTTP/2 cached stream

1728434 - CVE-2019-11715 Mozilla: HTML parsing error can contribute to content XSS

1728435 - CVE-2019-11717 Mozilla: Caret character improperly escaped in origins

1728438 - CVE-2019-11730 Mozilla: Same-origin policy treats all files in a directory as having the same-origin

1728439 - CVE-2019-9811 Mozilla: Sandbox escape via installation of malicious language pack

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