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Red Hat 9.0 Update: RHSA-2023-4465-01 Essential Firefox Security Patch

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Calendar Grey August 3, 2023
Dist Redhat Esm H88
A new version of Firefox has been released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0, addressing critical security flaws in the web browser.
An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 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 102.14.0 ESR.
Security Fix(es):
* Mozilla: Offscreen Canvas could have bypassed cross-origin restrictions (CVE-2023-4045)
* Mozilla: Incorrect value used during WASM compilation (CVE-2023-4046)
* Mozilla: Potential permissions request bypass via clickjacking (CVE-2023-4047)
* Mozilla: Crash in DOMParser due to out-of-memory conditions (CVE-2023-4048)
* Mozilla: Fix potential race conditions when releasing platform objects (CVE-2023-4049)
* Mozilla: Stack buffer overflow in StorageManager (CVE-2023-4050)
* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 116, Firefox ESR 115.1, Firefox ESR 102.14, Thunderbird 115.1, and Thunderbird 102.14 (CVE-2023-4056)
* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 116, Firefox ESR 115.1, and Thunderbird 115.1 (CVE-2023-4057)
* Mozilla: Cookie jar overflow caused unexpected cookie jar state (CVE-2023-4055)
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

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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4045 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4046 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4047 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4048 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4049 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4050 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4055 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4056 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4057 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.0):
Source: firefox-102.14.0-1.el9_0.src.rpm
aarch64: firefox-102.14.0-1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-102.14.0-1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm firefox-debugsource-102.14.0-1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: firefox-102.14.0-1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm firefox-debuginfo-102.14.0-1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm firefox-debugsource-102.14.0-1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: firefox-102.14.0-1.el9_0.s390x.rpm firefox-debuginfo-102.14.0-1.el9_0.s390x.rpm firefox-debugsource-102.14.0-1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
x86_64: firefox-102.14.0-1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-102.14.0-1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm firefox-debugsource-102.14.0-1.el9_0.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-2023:4465-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:4465
Issue date: 2023-08-03

Topic

An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0Extended 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 issue update red hat important firefox web browser

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.0) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

2228360 - CVE-2023-4045 Mozilla: Offscreen Canvas could have bypassed cross-origin restrictions

2228361 - CVE-2023-4046 Mozilla: Incorrect value used during WASM compilation

2228362 - CVE-2023-4047 Mozilla: Potential permissions request bypass via clickjacking

2228363 - CVE-2023-4048 Mozilla: Crash in DOMParser due to out-of-memory conditions

2228364 - CVE-2023-4049 Mozilla: Fix potential race conditions when releasing platform objects

2228365 - CVE-2023-4050 Mozilla: Stack buffer overflow in StorageManager

2228367 - CVE-2023-4055 Mozilla: Cookie jar overflow caused unexpected cookie jar state

2228370 - CVE-2023-4056 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 116, Firefox ESR 115.1, Firefox ESR 102.14, Thunderbird 115.1, and Thunderbird 102.14

2228371 - CVE-2023-4057 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 116, Firefox ESR 115.1, and Thunderbird 115.1

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