A firefox security update has been released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1.
RHSA-2022:7066-01: Important: firefox security update
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: firefox security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:7066-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7066
Issue date: 2022-10-20
CVE Names: CVE-2022-42927 CVE-2022-42928 CVE-2022-42929
CVE-2022-42932
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1. Summary:
An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1
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.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.1) - 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 102.4.0 ESR.
Security Fix(es):
* Mozilla: Same-origin policy violation could have leaked cross-origin URLs
(CVE-2022-42927)
* Mozilla: Memory Corruption in JS Engine (CVE-2022-42928)
* Mozilla: Denial of Service via window.print (CVE-2022-42929)
* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 106 and Firefox ESR 102.4
(CVE-2022-42932)
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/):
2136156 - CVE-2022-42927 Mozilla: Same-origin policy violation could have leaked cross-origin URLs
2136157 - CVE-2022-42928 Mozilla: Memory Corruption in JS Engine
2136158 - CVE-2022-42929 Mozilla: Denial of Service via window.print
2136159 - CVE-2022-42932 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 106 and Firefox ESR 102.4
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.1):
Source:
firefox-102.4.0-1.el8_1.src.rpm
ppc64le:
firefox-102.4.0-1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-102.4.0-1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
firefox-debugsource-102.4.0-1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
x86_64:
firefox-102.4.0-1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-102.4.0-1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debugsource-102.4.0-1.el8_1.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-2022-42927
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-42928
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-42929
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-42932
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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