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A firefox security update has been released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6.



RHSA-2023:0289-01: Important: firefox security update



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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis: Important: firefox security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:0289-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:   https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0289
Issue date: 2023-01-23
CVE Names: CVE-2022-46871 CVE-2022-46877 CVE-2023-23598
CVE-2023-23599 CVE-2023-23601 CVE-2023-23602
CVE-2023-23603 CVE-2023-23605
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1. Summary:

An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6
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.8.6) - 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 102.7.0 ESR.

Security Fix(es):

* Mozilla: libusrsctp library out of date (CVE-2022-46871)

* Mozilla: Arbitrary file read from GTK drag and drop on Linux
(CVE-2023-23598)

* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 109 and Firefox ESR 102.7
(CVE-2023-23605)

* Mozilla: Malicious command could be hidden in devtools output
(CVE-2023-23599)

* Mozilla: URL being dragged from cross-origin iframe into same tab
triggers navigation (CVE-2023-23601)

* Mozilla: Content Security Policy wasn't being correctly applied to
WebSockets in WebWorkers (CVE-2023-23602)

* Mozilla: Fullscreen notification bypass (CVE-2022-46877)

* Mozilla: Calls to console.log allowed bypasing Content
Security Policy via format directive (CVE-2023-23603)

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/):

2162336 - CVE-2022-46871 Mozilla: libusrsctp library out of date
2162338 - CVE-2023-23598 Mozilla: Arbitrary file read from GTK drag and drop on Linux
2162339 - CVE-2023-23599 Mozilla: Malicious command could be hidden in devtools output
2162340 - CVE-2023-23601 Mozilla: URL being dragged from cross-origin iframe into same tab triggers navigation
2162341 - CVE-2023-23602 Mozilla: Content Security Policy wasn't being correctly applied to WebSockets in WebWorkers
2162342 - CVE-2022-46877 Mozilla: Fullscreen notification bypass
2162343 - CVE-2023-23603 Mozilla: Calls to console.log allowed bypasing Content Security Policy via format directive
2162344 - CVE-2023-23605 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 109 and Firefox ESR 102.7

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.6):

Source:
firefox-102.7.0-1.el8_6.src.rpm

aarch64:
firefox-102.7.0-1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-102.7.0-1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
firefox-debugsource-102.7.0-1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm

ppc64le:
firefox-102.7.0-1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-102.7.0-1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
firefox-debugsource-102.7.0-1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm

s390x:
firefox-102.7.0-1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-102.7.0-1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
firefox-debugsource-102.7.0-1.el8_6.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
firefox-102.7.0-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-102.7.0-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debugsource-102.7.0-1.el8_6.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-2022-46871
  https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-46877
  https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-23598
  https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-23599
  https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-23601
  https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-23602
  https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-23603
  https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-23605
  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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