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Red Hat: RHSA-2023-1479-01 Important: Firefox Memory Safety Issues

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Calendar Grey March 27, 2023
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Crucial Firefox patch rolled out for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 fixing numerous high-severity vulnerabilities. Don't delay, update immediately!
An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Update Services for SAP Solutions

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 102.9.0 ESR.
Security Fix(es):
* nss: Arbitrary memory write via PKCS 12 (CVE-2023-0767)
* Mozilla: Incorrect code generation during JIT compilation (CVE-2023-25751)
* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 111 and Firefox ESR 102.9 (CVE-2023-28176)
* Mozilla: Potential out-of-bounds when accessing throttled streams (CVE-2023-25752)
* Mozilla: Invalid downcast in Worklets (CVE-2023-28162)
* Mozilla: URL being dragged from a removed cross-origin iframe into the same tab triggered navigation (CVE-2023-28164)
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 Red Hat Enterprise Linux memory safety firefox update important security issue code generation issue arbitrary memory write

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-0767 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-25751 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-25752 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-28162 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-28164 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-28176 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.1):
Source: firefox-102.9.0-4.el8_1.src.rpm
ppc64le: firefox-102.9.0-4.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm firefox-debuginfo-102.9.0-4.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm firefox-debugsource-102.9.0-4.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
x86_64: firefox-102.9.0-4.el8_1.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-102.9.0-4.el8_1.x86_64.rpm firefox-debugsource-102.9.0-4.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


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:1479-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1479
Issue date: 2023-03-27

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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat Enterprise Linux memory safety firefox update important security issue code generation issue arbitrary memory write

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.1) - ppc64le, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

2170377 - CVE-2023-0767 nss: Arbitrary memory write via PKCS 12

2178458 - CVE-2023-25751 Mozilla: Incorrect code generation during JIT compilation

2178460 - CVE-2023-25752 Mozilla: Potential out-of-bounds when accessing throttled streams

2178466 - CVE-2023-28162 Mozilla: Invalid downcast in Worklets

2178470 - CVE-2023-28164 Mozilla: URL being dragged from a removed cross-origin iframe into the same tab triggered navigation

2178472 - CVE-2023-28176 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 111 and Firefox ESR 102.9

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