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RedHat: RHSA-2022-4870-01 Important Security Update For Firefox

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Calendar Grey June 1, 2022
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Canonical issued a significant security patch for Chrome tackling various serious vulnerabilities and enhancing general protection.
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 91.10.0 ESR.
Security Fix(es):
* Mozilla: Cross-Origin resource's length leaked (CVE-2022-31736)
* Mozilla: Heap buffer overflow in WebGL (CVE-2022-31737)
* Mozilla: Browser window spoof using fullscreen mode (CVE-2022-31738)
* Mozilla: Register allocation problem in WASM on arm64 (CVE-2022-31740)
* Mozilla: Uninitialized variable leads to invalid memory read (CVE-2022-31741)
* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 101 and Firefox ESR 91.10 (CVE-2022-31747)
* Mozilla: Querying a WebAuthn token with a large number of allowCredential entries may have leaked cross-origin information (CVE-2022-31742)
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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat update heap overflow security impact Firefox cross-origin leaks

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-31736 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-31737 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-31738 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-31740 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-31741 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-31742 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-31747 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: firefox-91.10.0-1.el7_9.src.rpm
x86_64: firefox-91.10.0-1.el7_9.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-91.10.0-1.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: firefox-91.10.0-1.el7_9.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: firefox-91.10.0-1.el7_9.src.rpm
ppc64: firefox-91.10.0-1.el7_9.ppc64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-91.10.0-1.el7_9.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le: firefox-91.10.0-1.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm firefox-debuginfo-91.10.0-1.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: firefox-91.10.0-1.el7_9.s390x.rpm firefox-debuginfo-91.10.0-1.el7_9.s390x.rpm
x86_64: firefox-91.10.0-1.el7_9.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-91.10.0-1.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: firefox-91.10.0-1.el7_9.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):
Source: firefox-91.10.0-1.el7_9.src.rpm
x86_64: firefox-91.10.0-1.el7_9.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-91.10.0-1.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: firefox-91.10.0-1.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-2022:4870-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:4870
Issue date: 2022-06-01

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 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 Red Hat update heap overflow security impact Firefox cross-origin leaks

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

2092018 - CVE-2022-31736 Mozilla: Cross-Origin resource's length leaked

2092019 - CVE-2022-31737 Mozilla: Heap buffer overflow in WebGL

2092021 - CVE-2022-31738 Mozilla: Browser window spoof using fullscreen mode

2092023 - CVE-2022-31740 Mozilla: Register allocation problem in WASM on arm64

2092024 - CVE-2022-31741 Mozilla: Uninitialized variable leads to invalid memory read

2092025 - CVE-2022-31742 Mozilla: Querying a WebAuthn token with a large number of allowCredential entries may have leaked cross-origin information

2092026 - CVE-2022-31747 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 101 and Firefox ESR 91.10

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