A firefox security update has been released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4.
RHSA-2022:9069-01: Important: firefox security update
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: firefox security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:9069-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:9069
Issue date: 2022-12-15
CVE Names: CVE-2022-46872 CVE-2022-46874 CVE-2022-46878
CVE-2022-46880 CVE-2022-46881 CVE-2022-46882
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1. Summary:
An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4
Extended Update Support.
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 EUS (v.8.4) - 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 102.6.0 ESR.
Security Fix(es):
* Mozilla: Arbitrary file read from a compromised content process
(CVE-2022-46872)
* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 102.6 and Thunderbird
102.6 (CVE-2022-46878)
* Mozilla: Use-after-free in WebGL (CVE-2022-46880)
* Mozilla: Memory corruption in WebGL (CVE-2022-46881)
* Mozilla: Drag and Dropped Filenames could have been truncated to
malicious extensions (CVE-2022-46874)
* Mozilla: Use-after-free in WebGL (CVE-2022-46882)
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/):
2153441 - CVE-2022-46872 Mozilla: Arbitrary file read from a compromised content process
2153449 - CVE-2022-46874 Mozilla: Drag and Dropped Filenames could have been truncated to malicious extensions
2153454 - CVE-2022-46878 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 102.6 and Thunderbird 102.6
2153463 - CVE-2022-46880 Mozilla: Use-after-free in WebGL
2153466 - CVE-2022-46881 Mozilla: Memory corruption in WebGL
2153467 - CVE-2022-46882 Mozilla: Use-after-free in WebGL
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.4):
Source:
firefox-102.6.0-1.el8_4.src.rpm
aarch64:
firefox-102.6.0-1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-102.6.0-1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
firefox-debugsource-102.6.0-1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le:
firefox-102.6.0-1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-102.6.0-1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
firefox-debugsource-102.6.0-1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
firefox-102.6.0-1.el8_4.s390x.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-102.6.0-1.el8_4.s390x.rpm
firefox-debugsource-102.6.0-1.el8_4.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
firefox-102.6.0-1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-102.6.0-1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debugsource-102.6.0-1.el8_4.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-2022-46872
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-46874
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-46878
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-46880
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-46881
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-46882
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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