A firefox security update has been released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1.

RHSA-2022:9071-01: Important: firefox security update

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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis: Important: firefox security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:9071-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:   https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:9071
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 8.1
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 102.6.0 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 E4S (v. 8.1):

Source:
firefox-102.6.0-1.el8_1.src.rpm

ppc64le:
firefox-102.6.0-1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-102.6.0-1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
firefox-debugsource-102.6.0-1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm

x86_64:
firefox-102.6.0-1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-102.6.0-1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debugsource-102.6.0-1.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-2022-46872
  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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