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RedHat: RHSA-2020-0815-01 Important: Firefox Security Update

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Calendar Grey March 16, 2020
Dist Redhat Esm H88
A significant safety upgrade for Chrome on CentOS Linux tackles various vulnerabilities and improves defenses.
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 68.6.0 ESR.
Security Fix(es):
* Mozilla: Use-after-free when removing data about origins (CVE-2020-6805)
* Mozilla: BodyStream::OnInputStreamReady was missing protections against state confusion (CVE-2020-6806)
* Mozilla: Use-after-free in cubeb during stream destruction (CVE-2020-6807)
* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 74 and Firefox ESR 68.6 (CVE-2020-6814)
* Mozilla: Out of bounds reads in sctp_load_addresses_from_init (CVE-2019-20503)
* Mozilla: Devtools' 'Copy as cURL' feature did not fully escape website-controlled data, potentially leading to command injection (CVE-2020-6811)
* Mozilla: The names of AirPods with personally identifiable information were exposed to websites with camera or microphone permission (CVE-2020-6812)
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-2019-20503 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-6805 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-6806 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-6807 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-6811 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-6812 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-6814 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: firefox-68.6.0-1.el7_7.src.rpm
x86_64: firefox-68.6.0-1.el7_7.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-68.6.0-1.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: firefox-68.6.0-1.el7_7.i686.rpm firefox-debuginfo-68.6.0-1.el7_7.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: firefox-68.6.0-1.el7_7.src.rpm
ppc64: firefox-68.6.0-1.el7_7.ppc64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-68.6.0-1.el7_7.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le: firefox-68.6.0-1.el7_7.ppc64le.rpm firefox-debuginfo-68.6.0-1.el7_7.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: firefox-68.6.0-1.el7_7.s390x.rpm firefox-debuginfo-68.6.0-1.el7_7.s390x.rpm
x86_64: firefox-68.6.0-1.el7_7.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-68.6.0-1.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: firefox-68.6.0-1.el7_7.i686.rpm firefox-debuginfo-68.6.0-1.el7_7.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):
Source: firefox-68.6.0-1.el7_7.src.rpm
x86_64: firefox-68.6.0-1.el7_7.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-68.6.0-1.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: firefox-68.6.0-1.el7_7.i686.rpm firefox-debuginfo-68.6.0-1.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-2020:0815-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0815
Issue date: 2020-03-16

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.

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Topics Covered

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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

1812199 - CVE-2020-6805 Mozilla: Use-after-free when removing data about origins

1812200 - CVE-2020-6806 Mozilla: BodyStream::OnInputStreamReady was missing protections against state confusion

1812201 - CVE-2020-6807 Mozilla: Use-after-free in cubeb during stream destruction

1812202 - CVE-2020-6811 Mozilla: Devtools' 'Copy as cURL' feature did not fully escape website-controlled data, potentially leading to command injection

1812203 - CVE-2019-20503 Mozilla: Out of bounds reads in sctp_load_addresses_from_init

1812204 - CVE-2020-6812 Mozilla: The names of AirPods with personally identifiable information were exposed to websites with camera or microphone permission

1812205 - CVE-2020-6814 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 74 and Firefox ESR 68.6

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