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Red Hat Enterprise: RHSA-2023-0812-01 Important: Firefox Security Fix

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Calendar Grey February 20, 2023
Dist Redhat Esm H88
An important Chrome upgrade for CentOS addresses various vulnerabilities and improves overall system 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 102.8.0 ESR.
Security Fix(es):
* Mozilla: Arbitrary memory write via PKCS 12 in NSS (CVE-2023-0767)
* Mozilla: Content security policy leak in violation reports using iframes (CVE-2023-25728)
* Mozilla: Screen hijack via browser fullscreen mode (CVE-2023-25730)
* Mozilla: Potential use-after-free from compartment mismatch in SpiderMonkey (CVE-2023-25735)
* Mozilla: Invalid downcast in SVGUtils::SetupStrokeGeometry (CVE-2023-25737)
* Mozilla: Use-after-free in mozilla::dom::ScriptLoadContext::~ScriptLoadContext (CVE-2023-25739)
* Mozilla: Fullscreen notification not shown in Firefox Focus (CVE-2023-25743)
* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 110 and Firefox ESR 102.8 (CVE-2023-25744)
* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 102.8 (CVE-2023-25746)
* Mozilla: Extensions could have opened external schemes without user knowledge (CVE-2023-25729)
* Mozilla: Out of bounds memory write from EncodeInputStream (CVE-2023-25732)
* Mozilla: Web Crypto ImportKey crashes tab (CVE-2023-25742)
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 browser security red hat enterprise memory safety firefox update important update arbitrary memory write

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-0767 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-25728 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-25729 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-25730 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-25732 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-25735 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-25737 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-25739 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-25742 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-25743 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-25744 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-25746 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: firefox-102.8.0-2.el7_9.src.rpm
x86_64: firefox-102.8.0-2.el7_9.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-102.8.0-2.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: firefox-102.8.0-2.el7_9.i686.rpm firefox-debuginfo-102.8.0-2.el7_9.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: firefox-102.8.0-2.el7_9.src.rpm
ppc64: firefox-102.8.0-2.el7_9.ppc64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-102.8.0-2.el7_9.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le: firefox-102.8.0-2.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm firefox-debuginfo-102.8.0-2.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: firefox-102.8.0-2.el7_9.s390x.rpm firefox-debuginfo-102.8.0-2.el7_9.s390x.rpm
x86_64: firefox-102.8.0-2.el7_9.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-102.8.0-2.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: firefox-102.8.0-2.el7_9.i686.rpm firefox-debuginfo-102.8.0-2.el7_9.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):
Source: firefox-102.8.0-2.el7_9.src.rpm
x86_64: firefox-102.8.0-2.el7_9.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-102.8.0-2.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: firefox-102.8.0-2.el7_9.i686.rpm firefox-debuginfo-102.8.0-2.el7_9.i686.rpm
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:0812-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0812
Issue date: 2023-02-20

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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory browser security red hat enterprise memory safety firefox update important update arbitrary memory write

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

2170374 - CVE-2023-25728 Mozilla: Content security policy leak in violation reports using iframes

2170375 - CVE-2023-25730 Mozilla: Screen hijack via browser fullscreen mode

2170376 - CVE-2023-25743 Mozilla: Fullscreen notification not shown in Firefox Focus

2170377 - CVE-2023-0767 Mozilla: Arbitrary memory write via PKCS 12 in NSS

2170378 - CVE-2023-25735 Mozilla: Potential use-after-free from compartment mismatch in SpiderMonkey

2170379 - CVE-2023-25737 Mozilla: Invalid downcast in SVGUtils::SetupStrokeGeometry

2170381 - CVE-2023-25739 Mozilla: Use-after-free in mozilla::dom::ScriptLoadContext::~ScriptLoadContext

2170382 - CVE-2023-25729 Mozilla: Extensions could have opened external schemes without user knowledge

2170383 - CVE-2023-25732 Mozilla: Out of bounds memory write from EncodeInputStream

2170390 - CVE-2023-25742 Mozilla: Web Crypto ImportKey crashes tab

2170391 - CVE-2023-25744 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 110 and Firefox ESR 102.8

2170402 - CVE-2023-25746 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 102.8

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