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Ubuntu Security: USN-1234-1 Critical Firefox Patch Released

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Calendar Grey May 16, 2023
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Uncover crucial enhancements for Firefox on CentOS, featuring significant security upgrades aimed at bolstering user 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 102.11.0 ESR.
Security Fix(es):
* Mozilla: Browser prompts could have been obscured by popups (CVE-2023-32205)
* Mozilla: Crash in RLBox Expat driver (CVE-2023-32206)
* Mozilla: Potential permissions request bypass via clickjacking (CVE-2023-32207)
* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 113 and Firefox ESR 102.11 (CVE-2023-32215)
* Mozilla: Content process crash due to invalid wasm code (CVE-2023-32211)
* Mozilla: Potential spoof due to obscured address bar (CVE-2023-32212)
* Mozilla: Potential memory corruption in FileReader::DoReadData() (CVE-2023-32213)
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 critical issue software release Red Hat Enterprise browser security Firefox important update

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-32205 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-32206 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-32207 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-32211 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-32212 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-32213 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-32215 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: firefox-102.11.0-2.el7_9.src.rpm
x86_64: firefox-102.11.0-2.el7_9.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-102.11.0-2.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: firefox-102.11.0-2.el7_9.i686.rpm firefox-debuginfo-102.11.0-2.el7_9.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: firefox-102.11.0-2.el7_9.src.rpm
ppc64: firefox-102.11.0-2.el7_9.ppc64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-102.11.0-2.el7_9.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le: firefox-102.11.0-2.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm firefox-debuginfo-102.11.0-2.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: firefox-102.11.0-2.el7_9.s390x.rpm firefox-debuginfo-102.11.0-2.el7_9.s390x.rpm
x86_64: firefox-102.11.0-2.el7_9.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-102.11.0-2.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: firefox-102.11.0-2.el7_9.i686.rpm firefox-debuginfo-102.11.0-2.el7_9.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):
Source: firefox-102.11.0-2.el7_9.src.rpm
x86_64: firefox-102.11.0-2.el7_9.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-102.11.0-2.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: firefox-102.11.0-2.el7_9.i686.rpm firefox-debuginfo-102.11.0-2.el7_9.i686.rpm
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:3137-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3137
Issue date: 2023-05-16

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 critical issue software release Red Hat Enterprise browser security Firefox important update

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

2196736 - CVE-2023-32205 Mozilla: Browser prompts could have been obscured by popups

2196737 - CVE-2023-32206 Mozilla: Crash in RLBox Expat driver

2196738 - CVE-2023-32207 Mozilla: Potential permissions request bypass via clickjacking

2196740 - CVE-2023-32211 Mozilla: Content process crash due to invalid wasm code

2196741 - CVE-2023-32212 Mozilla: Potential spoof due to obscured address bar

2196742 - CVE-2023-32213 Mozilla: Potential memory corruption in FileReader::DoReadData()

2196753 - CVE-2023-32215 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 113 and Firefox ESR 102.11

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