RedHat: RHSA-2022-6178:01 Important: firefox security update
Summary
Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards
compliance, performance, and portability.
This update upgrades Firefox to version 91.13.0 ESR.
Security Fix(es):
* Mozilla: Address bar spoofing via XSLT error handling (CVE-2022-38472)
* Mozilla: Cross-origin XSLT Documents would have inherited the parent's
permissions (CVE-2022-38473)
* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 104 and Firefox ESR 102.2
(CVE-2022-38477)
* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 104, Firefox ESR 102.2, and
Firefox ESR 91.13 (CVE-2022-38478)
* Mozilla: Data race and potential use-after-free in PK11_ChangePW
(CVE-2022-38476)
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.
Summary
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.
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-38472 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-38473 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-38476 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-38477 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-38478 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.1):
Source:
firefox-91.13.0-1.el8_1.src.rpm
ppc64le:
firefox-91.13.0-1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-91.13.0-1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
firefox-debugsource-91.13.0-1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
x86_64:
firefox-91.13.0-1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-91.13.0-1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debugsource-91.13.0-1.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/
Topic
An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1Update Services for SAP Solutions.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.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.1) - ppc64le, x86_64
Bugs Fixed
2120673 - CVE-2022-38472 Mozilla: Address bar spoofing via XSLT error handling
2120674 - CVE-2022-38473 Mozilla: Cross-origin XSLT Documents would have inherited the parent's permissions
2120678 - CVE-2022-38476 Mozilla: Data race and potential use-after-free in PK11_ChangePW
2120695 - CVE-2022-38477 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 104 and Firefox ESR 102.2
2120696 - CVE-2022-38478 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 104, Firefox ESR 102.2, and Firefox ESR 91.13
