Synopsis
Important: firefox security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory: Important
Topic
An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Extended Update Support.
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.
Description
Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance, and portability.
This update upgrades Firefox to version 68.10.0 ESR.
Security Fix(es):
- Mozilla: Memory corruption due to missing sign-extension for ValueTags on ARM64 (CVE-2020-12417)
- Mozilla: Information disclosure due to manipulated URL object (CVE-2020-12418)
- Mozilla: Use-after-free in nsGlobalWindowInner (CVE-2020-12419)
- Mozilla: Use-After-Free when trying to connect to a STUN server (CVE-2020-12420)
- Mozilla: Add-On updates did not respect the same certificate trust rules as software updates (CVE-2020-12421)
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.
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.
Affected Products
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.1 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.1 s390x
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.1 ppc64le
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.1 aarch64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (for IBM Power LE) - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.1 ppc64le
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.1 x86_64
Fixes
- BZ - 1853014 - CVE-2020-12417 Mozilla: Memory corruption due to missing sign-extension for ValueTags on ARM64
- BZ - 1853015 - CVE-2020-12418 Mozilla: Information disclosure due to manipulated URL object
- BZ - 1853016 - CVE-2020-12419 Mozilla: Use-after-free in nsGlobalWindowInner
- BZ - 1853017 - CVE-2020-12420 Mozilla: Use-After-Free when trying to connect to a STUN server
- BZ - 1853018 - CVE-2020-12421 Mozilla: Add-On updates did not respect the same certificate trust rules as software updates
CVEs
References
Vulmon