Important: firefox security update

Topic

An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

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 102.7.0 ESR.

Security Fix(es):

• Mozilla: libusrsctp library out of date (CVE-2022-46871)
• Mozilla: Arbitrary file read from GTK drag and drop on Linux (CVE-2023-23598)
• Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 109 and Firefox ESR 102.7 (CVE-2023-23605)
• Mozilla: Malicious command could be hidden in devtools output (CVE-2023-23599)
• Mozilla: URL being dragged from cross-origin iframe into same tab triggers navigation (CVE-2023-23601)
• Mozilla: Content Security Policy wasn't being correctly applied to WebSockets in WebWorkers (CVE-2023-23602)
• Mozilla: Fullscreen notification bypass (CVE-2022-46877)
• Mozilla: Calls to <code>console.log</code> allowed bypasing Content Security Policy via format directive (CVE-2023-23603)

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

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7 ppc64le

Fixes

• BZ - 2162336 - CVE-2022-46871 Mozilla: libusrsctp library out of date
• BZ - 2162338 - CVE-2023-23598 Mozilla: Arbitrary file read from GTK drag and drop on Linux
• BZ - 2162339 - CVE-2023-23599 Mozilla: Malicious command could be hidden in devtools output
• BZ - 2162340 - CVE-2023-23601 Mozilla: URL being dragged from cross-origin iframe into same tab triggers navigation
• BZ - 2162341 - CVE-2023-23602 Mozilla: Content Security Policy wasn't being correctly applied to WebSockets in WebWorkers
• BZ - 2162342 - CVE-2022-46877 Mozilla: Fullscreen notification bypass
• BZ - 2162343 - CVE-2023-23603 Mozilla: Calls to <code>console.log</code> allowed bypasing Content Security Policy via format directive
• BZ - 2162344 - CVE-2023-23605 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 109 and Firefox ESR 102.7

CVEs

• CVE-2022-46871
• CVE-2022-46877
• CVE-2023-23598
• CVE-2023-23599
• CVE-2023-23601
• CVE-2023-23602
• CVE-2023-23603
• CVE-2023-23605

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important