Synopsis
Important: firefox security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory: Important
Topic
An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions.
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 78.3.0 ESR.
Security Fix(es):
- Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 81 and Firefox ESR 78.3 (CVE-2020-15673)
- Mozilla: XSS when pasting attacker-controlled data into a contenteditable element (CVE-2020-15676)
- Mozilla: Download origin spoofing via redirect (CVE-2020-15677)
- Mozilla: When recursing through layers while scrolling, an iterator may have become invalid, resulting in a potential use-after-free scenario (CVE-2020-15678)
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 Server (for IBM Power LE) - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.0 ppc64le
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.0 x86_64
Fixes
- BZ - 1881664 - CVE-2020-15677 Mozilla: Download origin spoofing via redirect
- BZ - 1881665 - CVE-2020-15676 Mozilla: XSS when pasting attacker-controlled data into a contenteditable element
- BZ - 1881666 - CVE-2020-15678 Mozilla: When recursing through layers while scrolling, an iterator may have become invalid, resulting in a potential use-after-free scenario
- BZ - 1881667 - CVE-2020-15673 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 81 and Firefox ESR 78.3
CVEs
References
Vulmon