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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 RHSA-2023:0289-01 Important: Firefox Update

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Calendar Grey January 23, 2023
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Canonical reveals an important Chromium upgrade addressing multiple security flaws in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support

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 102.7.0 ESR.
Security Fix(es):
* Mozilla: libusrsctp library out of date (CVE-2022-46871)
* Mozilla: Arbitrary file read from GTK drag and drop on Linux (CVE-2023-23598)
* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 109 and Firefox ESR 102.7 (CVE-2023-23605)
* Mozilla: Malicious command could be hidden in devtools output (CVE-2023-23599)
* Mozilla: URL being dragged from cross-origin iframe into same tab triggers navigation (CVE-2023-23601)
* Mozilla: Content Security Policy wasn't being correctly applied to WebSockets in WebWorkers (CVE-2023-23602)
* Mozilla: Fullscreen notification bypass (CVE-2022-46877)
* Mozilla: Calls to console.log allowed bypasing Content Security Policy via format directive (CVE-2023-23603)
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 update red hat important firefox arbitrary file read memory safety issue

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-46871 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-46877 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-23598 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-23599 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-23601 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-23602 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-23603 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-23605 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.6):
Source: firefox-102.7.0-1.el8_6.src.rpm
aarch64: firefox-102.7.0-1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-102.7.0-1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm firefox-debugsource-102.7.0-1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: firefox-102.7.0-1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm firefox-debuginfo-102.7.0-1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm firefox-debugsource-102.7.0-1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: firefox-102.7.0-1.el8_6.s390x.rpm firefox-debuginfo-102.7.0-1.el8_6.s390x.rpm firefox-debugsource-102.7.0-1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
x86_64: firefox-102.7.0-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-102.7.0-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm firefox-debugsource-102.7.0-1.el8_6.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-2023:0289-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0289
Issue date: 2023-01-23

Topic

An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6Extended Update Support.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 security update red hat important firefox arbitrary file read memory safety issue

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.6) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

2162336 - CVE-2022-46871 Mozilla: libusrsctp library out of date

2162338 - CVE-2023-23598 Mozilla: Arbitrary file read from GTK drag and drop on Linux

2162339 - CVE-2023-23599 Mozilla: Malicious command could be hidden in devtools output

2162340 - CVE-2023-23601 Mozilla: URL being dragged from cross-origin iframe into same tab triggers navigation

2162341 - CVE-2023-23602 Mozilla: Content Security Policy wasn't being correctly applied to WebSockets in WebWorkers2162342 - CVE-2022-46877 Mozilla: Fullscreen notification bypass

2162343 - CVE-2023-23603 Mozilla: Calls to console.log allowed bypasing Content Security Policy via format directive

2162344 - CVE-2023-23605 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 109 and Firefox ESR 102.7

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