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A firefox security update has been released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions.



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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis: Critical: firefox security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:0295-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:   https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0295
Issue date: 2020-01-30
CVE Names: CVE-2019-17005 CVE-2019-17008 CVE-2019-17010
CVE-2019-17011 CVE-2019-17012 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 8.0
Update Services for SAP Solutions.

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 AppStream E4S (v. 8.0) - ppc64le, 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: Use-after-free in worker destruction (CVE-2019-17008)

* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 71 and Firefox ESR 68.3
(CVE-2019-17012)

* 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: Buffer overflow in plain text serializer (CVE-2019-17005)

* Mozilla: Use-after-free when performing device orientation checks
(CVE-2019-17010)

* Mozilla: Use-after-free when retrieving a document in antitracking
(CVE-2019-17011)

* 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/):

1779431 - CVE-2019-17008 Mozilla: Use-after-free in worker destruction
1779434 - CVE-2019-17010 Mozilla: Use-after-free when performing device orientation checks
1779435 - CVE-2019-17005 Mozilla: Buffer overflow in plain text serializer
1779436 - CVE-2019-17011 Mozilla: Use-after-free when retrieving a document in antitracking
1779437 - CVE-2019-17012 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 71 and Firefox ESR 68.3
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 AppStream E4S (v. 8.0):

Source:
firefox-68.4.1-1.el8_0.src.rpm

ppc64le:
firefox-68.4.1-1.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-68.4.1-1.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm
firefox-debugsource-68.4.1-1.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm

x86_64:
firefox-68.4.1-1.el8_0.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-68.4.1-1.el8_0.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debugsource-68.4.1-1.el8_0.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-2019-17005
  https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-17008
  https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-17010
  https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-17011
  https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-17012
  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/mfsa2019-37/
  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/

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