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RedHat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Update: Important Firefox Memory Safety Patch

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Calendar Grey October 22, 2020
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Significant Windows security patch for CentOS addresses major vulnerabilities providing improved protection for systems.
An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Extended Update Support

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 78.4.0 ESR.
Security Fix(es):
* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 82 and Firefox ESR 78.4 (CVE-2020-15683)
* chromium-browser: Use after free in WebRTC (CVE-2020-15969)
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 fix Red Hat Enterprise Linux firefox web browser memory safety extended support

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15683 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15969 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.1):
Source: firefox-78.4.0-1.el8_1.src.rpm
aarch64: firefox-78.4.0-1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-78.4.0-1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm firefox-debugsource-78.4.0-1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: firefox-78.4.0-1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm firefox-debuginfo-78.4.0-1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm firefox-debugsource-78.4.0-1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: firefox-78.4.0-1.el8_1.s390x.rpm firefox-debuginfo-78.4.0-1.el8_1.s390x.rpm firefox-debugsource-78.4.0-1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
x86_64: firefox-78.4.0-1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-78.4.0-1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm firefox-debugsource-78.4.0-1.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


Severity
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:4315-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4315
Issue date: 2020-10-22

Topic

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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security fix Red Hat Enterprise Linux firefox web browser memory safety extended support

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.1) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1885885 - CVE-2020-15969 chromium-browser: Use after free in WebRTC

1889932 - CVE-2020-15683 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 82 and Firefox ESR 78.4

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