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RedHat 6: RHSA-2020-4330-01 Important: Firefox Security Update

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Calendar Grey October 26, 2020
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Crucial announcement regarding Firefox on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 tackles memory safety vulnerabilities and boosts overall security.
An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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 Red Hat update important firefox web browser memory safety

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 Desktop (v. 6):
Source: firefox-78.4.0-2.el6_10.src.rpm
i386: firefox-78.4.0-2.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64: firefox-78.4.0-2.el6_10.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-78.4.0-2.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6):
x86_64: firefox-78.4.0-2.el6_10.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6):
Source: firefox-78.4.0-2.el6_10.src.rpm
x86_64: firefox-78.4.0-2.el6_10.i686.rpm firefox-78.4.0-2.el6_10.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-78.4.0-2.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):
Source: firefox-78.4.0-2.el6_10.src.rpm
i386: firefox-78.4.0-2.el6_10.i686.rpm
ppc64: firefox-78.4.0-2.el6_10.ppc64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-78.4.0-2.el6_10.ppc64.rpm
s390x: firefox-78.4.0-2.el6_10.s390x.rpm firefox-debuginfo-78.4.0-2.el6_10.s390x.rpm
x86_64: firefox-78.4.0-2.el6_10.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-78.4.0-2.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6):
x86_64: firefox-78.4.0-2.el6_10.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6):
Source: firefox-78.4.0-2.el6_10.src.rpm
i386: firefox-78.4.0-2.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64: firefox-78.4.0-2.el6_10.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-78.4.0-2.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6):
x86_64: firefox-78.4.0-2.el6_10.i686.rpm


Read the Full Advisory


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:4330-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4330
Issue date: 2020-10-26

Topic

An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.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

security advisory Red Hat update important firefox web browser memory safety

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - 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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