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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 RHSA-2022:8580-02 Firefox Important Security Issue

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Calendar Grey November 22, 2022
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Crucial security patch for Firefox on RHEL 9 tackles several weaknesses to strengthen protections.
An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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 102.5.0 ESR.
Security Fix(es):
* Mozilla: Service Workers might have learned size of cross-origin media files (CVE-2022-45403)
* Mozilla: Fullscreen notification bypass (CVE-2022-45404)
* Mozilla: Use-after-free in InputStream implementation (CVE-2022-45405)
* Mozilla: Use-after-free of a JavaScript Realm (CVE-2022-45406)
* Mozilla: Fullscreen notification bypass via windowName (CVE-2022-45408)
* Mozilla: Use-after-free in Garbage Collection (CVE-2022-45409)
* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 107 and Firefox ESR 102.5 (CVE-2022-45421)
* Mozilla: ServiceWorker-intercepted requests bypassed SameSite cookie policy (CVE-2022-45410)
* Mozilla: Cross-Site Tracing was possible via non-standard override headers (CVE-2022-45411)
* Mozilla: Symlinks may resolve to partially uninitialized buffers(CVE-2022-45412)
* Mozilla: Keystroke Side-Channel Leakage (CVE-2022-45416)
* Mozilla: Custom mouse cursor could have been drawn over browser UI (CVE-2022-45418)
* Mozilla: Iframe contents could be rendered outside the iframe (CVE-2022-45420)
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

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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-45403 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-45404 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-45405 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-45406 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-45408 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-45409 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-45410 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-45411 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-45412 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-45416 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-45418 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-45420 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-45421 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9):
Source: firefox-102.5.0-1.el9_1.src.rpm
aarch64: firefox-102.5.0-1.el9_1.aarch64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-102.5.0-1.el9_1.aarch64.rpm firefox-debugsource-102.5.0-1.el9_1.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: firefox-102.5.0-1.el9_1.ppc64le.rpm firefox-debuginfo-102.5.0-1.el9_1.ppc64le.rpm firefox-debugsource-102.5.0-1.el9_1.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: firefox-102.5.0-1.el9_1.s390x.rpm firefox-debuginfo-102.5.0-1.el9_1.s390x.rpm firefox-debugsource-102.5.0-1.el9_1.s390x.rpm
x86_64: firefox-102.5.0-1.el9_1.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-102.5.0-1.el9_1.x86_64.rpm firefox-debugsource-102.5.0-1.el9_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/


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:8580-02
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8580
Issue date: 2022-11-22

Topic

An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.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 important firefox memory safety notification bypass service workers

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

2143197 - CVE-2022-45403 Mozilla: Service Workers might have learned size of cross-origin media files

2143198 - CVE-2022-45404 Mozilla: Fullscreen notification bypass

2143199 - CVE-2022-45405 Mozilla: Use-after-free in InputStream implementation

2143200 - CVE-2022-45406 Mozilla: Use-after-free of a JavaScript Realm

2143201 - CVE-2022-45408 Mozilla: Fullscreen notification bypass via windowName

2143202 - CVE-2022-45409 Mozilla: Use-after-free in Garbage Collection

2143203 - CVE-2022-45410 Mozilla: ServiceWorker-intercepted requests bypassed SameSite cookie policy

2143204 - CVE-2022-45411 Mozilla: Cross-Site Tracing was possible via non-standard override headers2143205 - CVE-2022-45412 Mozilla: Symlinks may resolve to partially uninitialized buffers2143240 - CVE-2022-45416 Mozilla: Keystroke Side-Channel Leakage

2143241 - CVE-2022-45418 Mozilla: Custom mouse cursor could have been drawn over browser UI

2143242 - CVE-2022-45420 Mozilla: Iframe contents could be rendered outside the iframe

2143243 - CVE-2022-45421 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 107 and Firefox ESR 102.5

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