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.
Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards
compliance, performance, and portability.
This update upgrades Firefox to version 68.10.0 ESR.
Security Fix(es):
* Mozilla: Memory corruption due to missing sign-extension for ValueTags on
ARM64 (CVE-2020-12417)
* Mozilla: Information disclosure due to manipulated URL object
(CVE-2020-12418)
* Mozilla: Use-after-free in nsGlobalWindowInner (CVE-2020-12419)
* Mozilla: Use-After-Free when trying to connect to a STUN server
(CVE-2020-12420)
* Mozilla: Add-On updates did not respect the same certificate trust rules
as software updates (CVE-2020-12421)
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.
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12417 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12418 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12419 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12420 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12421 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.1):
Source:
firefox-68.10.0-1.el8_1.src.rpm
aarch64:
firefox-68.10.0-1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-68.10.0-1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
firefox-debugsource-68.10.0-1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le:
firefox-68.10.0-1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-68.10.0-1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
firefox-debugsource-68.10.0-1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
firefox-68.10.0-1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-68.10.0-1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
firefox-debugsource-68.10.0-1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
firefox-68.10.0-1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-68.10.0-1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debugsource-68.10.0-1.el8_1.x86_64.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
An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1Extended Update Support.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.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.1) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
1853014 - CVE-2020-12417 Mozilla: Memory corruption due to missing sign-extension for ValueTags on ARM64
1853015 - CVE-2020-12418 Mozilla: Information disclosure due to manipulated URL object
1853016 - CVE-2020-12419 Mozilla: Use-after-free in nsGlobalWindowInner
1853017 - CVE-2020-12420 Mozilla: Use-After-Free when trying to connect to a STUN server
1853018 - CVE-2020-12421 Mozilla: Add-On updates did not respect the same certificate trust rules as software updates
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