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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7: RHSA-2019-4107-01 Critical Firefox Update

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Calendar Grey December 5, 2019
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Ubuntu issues an urgent security notice for Chrome that requires immediate attention. Implement updates without delay.
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 68.3.0 ESR.
Security Fix(es):
* Mozilla: Use-after-free in worker destruction (CVE-2019-17008)
* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 71 and Firefox ESR 68.3 (CVE-2019-17012)
* Mozilla: Buffer overflow in plain text serializer (CVE-2019-17005)
* Mozilla: Use-after-free when performing device orientation checks (CVE-2019-17010)
* Mozilla: Use-after-free when retrieving a document in antitracking (CVE-2019-17011)
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

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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-17005 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-17008 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-17010 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-17011 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-17012 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#critical https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2019-37/

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: firefox-68.3.0-1.el7_7.src.rpm
x86_64: firefox-68.3.0-1.el7_7.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-68.3.0-1.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: firefox-68.3.0-1.el7_7.i686.rpm firefox-debuginfo-68.3.0-1.el7_7.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: firefox-68.3.0-1.el7_7.src.rpm
ppc64: firefox-68.3.0-1.el7_7.ppc64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-68.3.0-1.el7_7.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le: firefox-68.3.0-1.el7_7.ppc64le.rpm firefox-debuginfo-68.3.0-1.el7_7.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: firefox-68.3.0-1.el7_7.s390x.rpm firefox-debuginfo-68.3.0-1.el7_7.s390x.rpm
x86_64: firefox-68.3.0-1.el7_7.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-68.3.0-1.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: firefox-68.3.0-1.el7_7.i686.rpm firefox-debuginfo-68.3.0-1.el7_7.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):
Source: firefox-68.3.0-1.el7_7.src.rpm
x86_64: firefox-68.3.0-1.el7_7.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-68.3.0-1.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: firefox-68.3.0-1.el7_7.i686.rpm firefox-debuginfo-68.3.0-1.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


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:4107-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4107
Issue date: 2019-12-05

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 update red hat critical firefox software

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

1779431 - CVE-2019-17008 Mozilla: Use-after-free in worker destruction

1779434 - CVE-2019-17010 Mozilla: Use-after-free when performing device orientation checks

1779435 - CVE-2019-17005 Mozilla: Buffer overflow in plain text serializer

1779436 - CVE-2019-17011 Mozilla: Use-after-free when retrieving a document in antitracking

1779437 - CVE-2019-17012 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 71 and Firefox ESR 68.3

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