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A firefox security update has been released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.



RHSA-2022:1287-01: Important: firefox security update



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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis: Important: firefox security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:1287-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:   https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1287
Issue date: 2022-04-08
CVE Names: CVE-2022-1097 CVE-2022-1196 CVE-2022-24713
CVE-2022-28281 CVE-2022-28282 CVE-2022-28285
CVE-2022-28286 CVE-2022-28289
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1. Summary:

An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

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.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, 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 91.8.0 ESR.

Security Fix(es):

* Mozilla: Use-after-free in NSSToken objects (CVE-2022-1097)

* Mozilla: Out of bounds write due to unexpected WebAuthN Extensions
(CVE-2022-28281)

* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 99 and Firefox ESR 91.8
(CVE-2022-28289)

* Mozilla: Use-after-free after VR Process destruction (CVE-2022-1196)

* Mozilla: Use-after-free in DocumentL10n::TranslateDocument
(CVE-2022-28282)

* Mozilla: Incorrect AliasSet used in JIT Codegen (CVE-2022-28285)

* Mozilla: Denial of Service via complex regular expressions
(CVE-2022-24713)

* Mozilla: iframe contents could be rendered outside the border
(CVE-2022-28286)

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/):

2072559 - CVE-2022-1097 Mozilla: Use-after-free in NSSToken objects
2072560 - CVE-2022-28281 Mozilla: Out of bounds write due to unexpected WebAuthN Extensions
2072561 - CVE-2022-1196 Mozilla: Use-after-free after VR Process destruction
2072562 - CVE-2022-28282 Mozilla: Use-after-free in DocumentL10n::TranslateDocument
2072563 - CVE-2022-28285 Mozilla: Incorrect AliasSet used in JIT Codegen
2072564 - CVE-2022-28286 Mozilla: iframe contents could be rendered outside the border
2072565 - CVE-2022-24713 Mozilla: Denial of Service via complex regular expressions
2072566 - CVE-2022-28289 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 99 and Firefox ESR 91.8

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):

Source:
firefox-91.8.0-1.el8_5.src.rpm

aarch64:
firefox-91.8.0-1.el8_5.aarch64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-91.8.0-1.el8_5.aarch64.rpm
firefox-debugsource-91.8.0-1.el8_5.aarch64.rpm

ppc64le:
firefox-91.8.0-1.el8_5.ppc64le.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-91.8.0-1.el8_5.ppc64le.rpm
firefox-debugsource-91.8.0-1.el8_5.ppc64le.rpm

s390x:
firefox-91.8.0-1.el8_5.s390x.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-91.8.0-1.el8_5.s390x.rpm
firefox-debugsource-91.8.0-1.el8_5.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
firefox-91.8.0-1.el8_5.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-91.8.0-1.el8_5.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debugsource-91.8.0-1.el8_5.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-2022-1097
  https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1196
  https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-24713
  https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-28281
  https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-28282
  https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-28285
  https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-28286
  https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-28289
  https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact
details at   https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

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