A firefox security update has been released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Critical: firefox security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:0085-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0085
Issue date: 2020-01-13
CVE Names: CVE-2019-17016 CVE-2019-17017 CVE-2019-17022
CVE-2019-17024 CVE-2019-17026
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1. Summary:
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 Critical. 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 Client (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - 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 68.4.1 ESR.
Security Fix(es):
* Mozilla: IonMonkey type confusion with StoreElementHole and
FallibleStoreElement (CVE-2019-17026)
* Mozilla: Bypass of @namespace CSS sanitization during pasting
(CVE-2019-17016)
* Mozilla: Type Confusion in XPCVariant.cpp (CVE-2019-17017)
* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 72 and Firefox ESR 68.4
(CVE-2019-17024)
* Mozilla: CSS sanitization does not escape HTML tags (CVE-2019-17022)
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.
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/):
1788723 - CVE-2019-17016 Mozilla: Bypass of @namespace CSS sanitization during pasting
1788724 - CVE-2019-17017 Mozilla: Type Confusion in XPCVariant.cpp
1788726 - CVE-2019-17022 Mozilla: CSS sanitization does not escape HTML tags
1788727 - CVE-2019-17024 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 72 and Firefox ESR 68.4
1789214 - CVE-2019-17026 Mozilla: IonMonkey type confusion with StoreElementHole and FallibleStoreElement
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source:
firefox-68.4.1-1.el7_7.src.rpm
x86_64:
firefox-68.4.1-1.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-68.4.1-1.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64:
firefox-68.4.1-1.el7_7.i686.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-68.4.1-1.el7_7.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source:
firefox-68.4.1-1.el7_7.src.rpm
ppc64:
firefox-68.4.1-1.el7_7.ppc64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-68.4.1-1.el7_7.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le:
firefox-68.4.1-1.el7_7.ppc64le.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-68.4.1-1.el7_7.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
firefox-68.4.1-1.el7_7.s390x.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-68.4.1-1.el7_7.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
firefox-68.4.1-1.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-68.4.1-1.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7):
x86_64:
firefox-68.4.1-1.el7_7.i686.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-68.4.1-1.el7_7.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):
Source:
firefox-68.4.1-1.el7_7.src.rpm
x86_64:
firefox-68.4.1-1.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-68.4.1-1.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7):
x86_64:
firefox-68.4.1-1.el7_7.i686.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-68.4.1-1.el7_7.i686.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-2019-17016
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-17017
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-17022
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-17024
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-17026
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-02/
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is . More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2020 Red Hat, Inc.
