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Red Hat 7 RHSA-2021:0053-01 Critical: Firefox Security Issue

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Calendar Grey January 11, 2021
Dist Redhat Esm H88
CentOS 7 has issued an essential Firefox patch to address significant vulnerabilities. Discover the details.
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 78.6.1 ESR.
Security Fix(es):
* Mozilla: Use-after-free write when handling a malicious COOKIE-ECHO SCTP chunk (CVE-2020-16044)
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 issue Red Hat update critical software update remote code execution security fix Red Hat Enterprise Linux firefox software

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-16044 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: firefox-78.6.1-1.el7_9.src.rpm
x86_64: firefox-78.6.1-1.el7_9.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-78.6.1-1.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: firefox-78.6.1-1.el7_9.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: firefox-78.6.1-1.el7_9.src.rpm
ppc64: firefox-78.6.1-1.el7_9.ppc64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-78.6.1-1.el7_9.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le: firefox-78.6.1-1.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm firefox-debuginfo-78.6.1-1.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: firefox-78.6.1-1.el7_9.s390x.rpm firefox-debuginfo-78.6.1-1.el7_9.s390x.rpm
x86_64: firefox-78.6.1-1.el7_9.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-78.6.1-1.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: firefox-78.6.1-1.el7_9.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):
Source: firefox-78.6.1-1.el7_9.src.rpm
x86_64: firefox-78.6.1-1.el7_9.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-78.6.1-1.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: firefox-78.6.1-1.el7_9.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-2021:0053-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0053
Issue date: 2021-01-11

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 Critical. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue Red Hat update critical software update remote code execution security fix Red Hat Enterprise Linux firefox software

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

1913503 - CVE-2020-16044 Mozilla: Use-after-free write when handling a malicious COOKIE-ECHO SCTP chunk

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