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Red Hat: RHSA-2022:0824-01 Critical: Firefox Security Fix

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Calendar Grey March 10, 2022
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Urgent security notice regarding Firefox patch in Red Hat Enterprise Linux, focusing on various vulnerabilities and system defects.
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 91.7.0 ESR.
Security Fix(es):
* Mozilla: Use-after-free in XSLT parameter processing (CVE-2022-26485)
* Mozilla: Use-after-free in WebGPU IPC Framework (CVE-2022-26486)
* expat: Malformed 2- and 3-byte UTF-8 sequences can lead to arbitrary code execution (CVE-2022-25235)
* expat: Namespace-separator characters in "xmlns[:prefix]" attribute values can lead to arbitrary code execution (CVE-2022-25236)
* expat: Integer overflow in storeRawNames() (CVE-2022-25315)
* Mozilla: Use-after-free in text reflows (CVE-2022-26381)
* Mozilla: Browser window spoof using fullscreen mode (CVE-2022-26383)
* Mozilla: iframe allow-scripts sandbox bypass (CVE-2022-26384)
* Mozilla: Time-of-check time-of-use bug when verifying add-on signatures (CVE-2022-26387)
* Mozilla: Temporary files downloaded to /tmp and accessible by other local users (CVE-2022-26386)
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.
Bug Fix(es):
* Firefox 91.3.0-1 Language packs installed at /usr/lib64/firefox/langpacks cannot be used any more (BZ#2030190)

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical issue bug fix Red Hat Enterprise Linux firefox Mozilla web browser

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-25235 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-25236 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-25315 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-26381 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-26383 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-26384 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-26386 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-26387 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-26485 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-26486 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#critical

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: firefox-91.7.0-3.el7_9.src.rpm
x86_64: firefox-91.7.0-3.el7_9.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-91.7.0-3.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: firefox-91.7.0-3.el7_9.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: firefox-91.7.0-3.el7_9.src.rpm
ppc64: firefox-91.7.0-3.el7_9.ppc64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-91.7.0-3.el7_9.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le: firefox-91.7.0-3.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm firefox-debuginfo-91.7.0-3.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: firefox-91.7.0-3.el7_9.s390x.rpm firefox-debuginfo-91.7.0-3.el7_9.s390x.rpm
x86_64: firefox-91.7.0-3.el7_9.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-91.7.0-3.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: firefox-91.7.0-3.el7_9.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):
Source: firefox-91.7.0-3.el7_9.src.rpm
x86_64: firefox-91.7.0-3.el7_9.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-91.7.0-3.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: firefox-91.7.0-3.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-2022:0824-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:0824
Issue date: 2022-03-10

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 critical issue bug fix Red Hat Enterprise Linux firefox Mozilla web browser

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

2030190 - Firefox 91.3.0-1 Language packs installed at /usr/lib64/firefox/langpacks cannot be used any more

2056363 - CVE-2022-25315 expat: Integer overflow in storeRawNames()

2056366 - CVE-2022-25235 expat: Malformed 2- and 3-byte UTF-8 sequences can lead to arbitrary code execution

2056370 - CVE-2022-25236 expat: Namespace-separator characters in "xmlns[:prefix]" attribute values can lead to arbitrary code execution

2061735 - CVE-2022-26486 Mozilla: Use-after-free in WebGPU IPC Framework

2061736 - CVE-2022-26485 Mozilla: Use-after-free in XSLT parameter processing

2062220 - CVE-2022-26383 Mozilla: Browser window spoof using fullscreen mode

2062221 - CVE-2022-26384 Mozilla: iframe allow-scripts sandbox bypass

2062222 - CVE-2022-26387 Mozilla: Time-of-check time-of-use bug when verifying add-on signatures

2062223 - CVE-2022-26381 Mozilla: Use-after-free in text reflows

2062224 - CVE-2022-26386 Mozilla: Temporary files downloaded to /tmp and accessible by other local users

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