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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8: RHSA-2022-9067-01 Critical: Firefox Update

An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 ==================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Important: firefox security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:9067-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:9067 Issue date: 2022-12-15 CVE Names: CVE-2022-46872 CVE-2022-46874 CVE-2022-46878 CVE-2022-46880 CVE-2022-46881 CVE-2022-46882 ==================================================================== 1. Summary: An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64 3. Description: Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance, and portability. This update upgrades Firefox to version 102.6.0 ESR. Security Fix(es): * Mozilla: Arbitrary file read from a compromised content process (CVE-2022-46872) * Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 102.6 and Thunderbird 102.6 (CVE-2022-46878) * Mozilla: Use-after-free in WebGL (CVE-2022-46880) * Mozilla: Memory corruption in WebGL (CVE-2022-46881) * Mozilla: Drag and Dropped Filenames could have been truncated to malicious extensions (CVE-2022-46874) * Mozilla: Use-after-free in WebGL (CVE-2022-46882) For more details about the securityissue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. 4. 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. 5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 2153441 - CVE-2022-46872 Mozilla: Arbitrary file read from a compromised content process 2153449 - CVE-2022-46874 Mozilla: Drag and Dropped Filenames could have been truncated to malicious extensions 2153454 - CVE-2022-46878 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 102.6 and Thunderbird 102.6 2153463 - CVE-2022-46880 Mozilla: Use-after-free in WebGL 2153466 - CVE-2022-46881 Mozilla: Memory corruption in WebGL 2153467 - CVE-2022-46882 Mozilla: Use-after-free in WebGL 6. Package List: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8): Source: firefox-102.6.0-1.el8_7.src.rpm aarch64: firefox-102.6.0-1.el8_7.aarch64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-102.6.0-1.el8_7.aarch64.rpm firefox-debugsource-102.6.0-1.el8_7.aarch64.rpm ppc64le: firefox-102.6.0-1.el8_7.ppc64le.rpm firefox-debuginfo-102.6.0-1.el8_7.ppc64le.rpm firefox-debugsource-102.6.0-1.el8_7.ppc64le.rpm s390x: firefox-102.6.0-1.el8_7.s390x.rpm firefox-debuginfo-102.6.0-1.el8_7.s390x.rpm firefox-debugsource-102.6.0-1.el8_7.s390x.rpm x86_64: firefox-102.6.0-1.el8_7.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-102.6.0-1.el8_7.x86_64.rpm firefox-debugsource-102.6.0-1.el8_7.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 7.References: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-46872 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-46874 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-46878 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-46880 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-46881 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-46882 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important 8. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is . 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You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Important Firefox update for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 tackles severe vulnerabilities and improves overall system security.. firefox update, Red Hat security, memory safety, Exploitation risk, enterprise Linux. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Dec 15, 2022 •Important Red Hat