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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 RHSA-2023-3597-01 Critical: Firefox Update

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Calendar Grey June 14, 2023
Dist Redhat Esm H88
A crucial security patch has been released for Firefox on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, addressing significant vulnerabilities in the browser.
An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service, an...

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 102.12.0 ESR.
Security Fix(es):
* Mozilla: Click-jacking certificate exceptions through rendering lag (CVE-2023-34414)
* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 114 and Firefox ESR 102.12 (CVE-2023-34416)
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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory red hat critical fix memory safety important update firefox issue click-jacking

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-34414 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-34416 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.4):
Source: firefox-102.12.0-1.el8_4.src.rpm
x86_64: firefox-102.12.0-1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-102.12.0-1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm firefox-debugsource-102.12.0-1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.4):
Source: firefox-102.12.0-1.el8_4.src.rpm
aarch64: firefox-102.12.0-1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-102.12.0-1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm firefox-debugsource-102.12.0-1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: firefox-102.12.0-1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm firefox-debuginfo-102.12.0-1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm firefox-debugsource-102.12.0-1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: firefox-102.12.0-1.el8_4.s390x.rpm firefox-debuginfo-102.12.0-1.el8_4.s390x.rpm firefox-debugsource-102.12.0-1.el8_4.s390x.rpm
x86_64: firefox-102.12.0-1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-102.12.0-1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm firefox-debugsource-102.12.0-1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.4):
Source: firefox-102.12.0-1.el8_4.src.rpm
aarch64: firefox-102.12.0-1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-102.12.0-1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm firefox-debugsource-102.12.0-1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: firefox-102.12.0-1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm firefox-debuginfo-102.12.0-1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm firefox-debugsource-102.12.0-1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: firefox-102.12.0-1.el8_4.s390x.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Severity
important
Lowest
Low
Medium
High
Critical

Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:3597-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3597
Issue date: 2023-06-14

Topic

An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4Advanced Mission Critical Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4Telecommunications Update Service, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 UpdateServices 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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory red hat critical fix memory safety important update firefox issue click-jacking

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.4) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.4) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.4) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

2212841 - CVE-2023-34414 Mozilla: Click-jacking certificate exceptions through rendering lag

2212842 - CVE-2023-34416 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 114 and Firefox ESR 102.12

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