RedHat: RHSA-2020-3557:01 Important: firefox security update
Summary
Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards
compliance, performance, and portability.
This update upgrades Firefox to version 78.2.0 ESR.
Security Fix(es):
* Mozilla: Attacker-induced prompt for extension installation
(CVE-2020-15664)
* Mozilla: Use-After-Free when aborting an operation (CVE-2020-15669)
* Mozilla: Integer overflow in nsJPEGEncoder::emptyOutputBuffer
(CVE-2020-12422)
* Mozilla: X-Frame-Options bypass using object or embed tags
(CVE-2020-15648)
* Mozilla: Bypassing iframe sandbox when allowing popups (CVE-2020-15653)
* Mozilla: Type confusion for special arguments in IonMonkey
(CVE-2020-15656)
* Mozilla: WebRTC permission prompt could have been bypassed by a
compromised content process (CVE-2020-12424)
* Mozilla: Out of bound read in Date.parse() (CVE-2020-12425)
* Mozilla: Custom cursor can overlay user interface (CVE-2020-15654)
* Mozilla: Overriding file type when saving to disk (CVE-2020-15658)
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.
Summary
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.
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12422 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12424 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12425 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15648 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15653 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15654 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15656 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15658 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15664 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15669 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
Source:
firefox-78.2.0-2.el8_2.src.rpm
aarch64:
firefox-78.2.0-2.el8_2.aarch64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-78.2.0-2.el8_2.aarch64.rpm
firefox-debugsource-78.2.0-2.el8_2.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le:
firefox-78.2.0-2.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-78.2.0-2.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
firefox-debugsource-78.2.0-2.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
firefox-78.2.0-2.el8_2.s390x.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-78.2.0-2.el8_2.s390x.rpm
firefox-debugsource-78.2.0-2.el8_2.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
firefox-78.2.0-2.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-78.2.0-2.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debugsource-78.2.0-2.el8_2.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/
Topic
An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.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.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Bugs Fixed
1861645 - CVE-2020-15653 Mozilla: Bypassing iframe sandbox when allowing popups
1861646 - CVE-2020-15656 Mozilla: Type confusion for special arguments in IonMonkey
1861647 - CVE-2020-15658 Mozilla: Overriding file type when saving to disk
1861649 - CVE-2020-15654 Mozilla: Custom cursor can overlay user interface
1872531 - CVE-2020-15664 Mozilla: Attacker-induced prompt for extension installation
1872532 - CVE-2020-15669 Mozilla: Use-After-Free when aborting an operation
1872537 - CVE-2020-15648 Mozilla: X-Frame-Options bypass using object or embed tags
1872538 - CVE-2020-12422 Mozilla: Integer overflow in nsJPEGEncoder::emptyOutputBuffer
1872539 - CVE-2020-12424 Mozilla: WebRTC permission prompt could have been bypassed by a compromised content process
1872540 - CVE-2020-12425 Mozilla: Out of bound read in Date.parse()