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RedHat: RHSA-2019-2729-01 Critical: Firefox Security Update Details

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Calendar Grey September 11, 2019
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Red Hat has issued an important security patch for Firefox on Enterprise Linux 7. Make sure to update your system to maintain security integrity.
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 60.9.0 ESR.
Security Fix(es):
* Mozilla: Sandbox escape through Firefox Sync (CVE-2019-9812)
* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 69, Firefox ESR 68.1, and Firefox ESR 60.9 (CVE-2019-11740)
* Mozilla: Same-origin policy violation with SVG filters and canvas to steal cross-origin images (CVE-2019-11742)
* Mozilla: XSS by breaking out of title and textarea elements using innerHTML (CVE-2019-11744)
* Mozilla: Use-after-free while manipulating video (CVE-2019-11746)
* Mozilla: Use-after-free while extracting a key value in IndexedDB (CVE-2019-11752)
* firefox: stored passwords in 'Saved Logins' can be copied without master password entry (CVE-2019-11733)
* Mozilla: Cross-origin access to unload event attributes (CVE-2019-11743)
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 security issue critical software update security fix firefox redhat

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-9812 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11733 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11740 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11742 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11743 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11744 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11746 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11752 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#critical https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2019-27/

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: firefox-60.9.0-1.el7_7.src.rpm
x86_64: firefox-60.9.0-1.el7_7.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-60.9.0-1.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: firefox-60.9.0-1.el7_7.i686.rpm firefox-debuginfo-60.9.0-1.el7_7.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: firefox-60.9.0-1.el7_7.src.rpm
ppc64: firefox-60.9.0-1.el7_7.ppc64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-60.9.0-1.el7_7.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le: firefox-60.9.0-1.el7_7.ppc64le.rpm firefox-debuginfo-60.9.0-1.el7_7.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: firefox-60.9.0-1.el7_7.s390x.rpm firefox-debuginfo-60.9.0-1.el7_7.s390x.rpm
x86_64: firefox-60.9.0-1.el7_7.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-60.9.0-1.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: firefox-60.9.0-1.el7_7.i686.rpm firefox-debuginfo-60.9.0-1.el7_7.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):
Source: firefox-60.9.0-1.el7_7.src.rpm
x86_64: firefox-60.9.0-1.el7_7.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-60.9.0-1.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: firefox-60.9.0-1.el7_7.i686.rpm firefox-debuginfo-60.9.0-1.el7_7.i686.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key


Severity
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:2729-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2729
Issue date: 2019-09-11

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 security issue critical software update security fix firefox redhat

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

Bugs Fixed

1745687 - CVE-2019-11733 firefox: stored passwords in 'Saved Logins' can be copied without master password entry

1748652 - CVE-2019-11740 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 69, Firefox ESR 68.1, and Firefox ESR 60.9

1748653 - CVE-2019-11742 Mozilla: Same-origin policy violation with SVG filters and canvas to steal cross-origin images

1748654 - CVE-2019-11743 Mozilla: Cross-origin access to unload event attributes

1748655 - CVE-2019-11744 Mozilla: XSS by breaking out of title and textarea elements using innerHTML

1748656 - CVE-2019-11746 Mozilla: Use-after-free while manipulating video

1748657 - CVE-2019-11752 Mozilla: Use-after-free while extracting a key value in IndexedDB

1748660 - CVE-2019-9812 Mozilla: Sandbox escape through Firefox Sync

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