A firefox security update has been released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
RHSA-2023:1336-01: Important: firefox security update
=====================================================================
Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: firefox security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:1336-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1336
Issue date: 2023-03-20
CVE Names: CVE-2023-25751 CVE-2023-25752 CVE-2023-28162
CVE-2023-28164 CVE-2023-28176
=====================================================================
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 102.9.0 ESR.
Security Fix(es):
* Mozilla: Incorrect code generation during JIT compilation
(CVE-2023-25751)
* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 111 and Firefox ESR 102.9
(CVE-2023-28176)
* Mozilla: Potential out-of-bounds when accessing throttled streams
(CVE-2023-25752)
* Mozilla: Invalid downcast in Worklets (CVE-2023-28162)
* Mozilla: URL being dragged from a removed cross-origin iframe into the
same tab triggered navigation (CVE-2023-28164)
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/):
2178458 - CVE-2023-25751 Mozilla: Incorrect code generation during JIT compilation
2178460 - CVE-2023-25752 Mozilla: Potential out-of-bounds when accessing throttled streams
2178466 - CVE-2023-28162 Mozilla: Invalid downcast in Worklets
2178470 - CVE-2023-28164 Mozilla: URL being dragged from a removed cross-origin iframe into the same tab triggered navigation
2178472 - CVE-2023-28176 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 111 and Firefox ESR 102.9
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
Source:
firefox-102.9.0-3.el8_7.src.rpm
aarch64:
firefox-102.9.0-3.el8_7.aarch64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-102.9.0-3.el8_7.aarch64.rpm
firefox-debugsource-102.9.0-3.el8_7.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le:
firefox-102.9.0-3.el8_7.ppc64le.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-102.9.0-3.el8_7.ppc64le.rpm
firefox-debugsource-102.9.0-3.el8_7.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
firefox-102.9.0-3.el8_7.s390x.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-102.9.0-3.el8_7.s390x.rpm
firefox-debugsource-102.9.0-3.el8_7.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
firefox-102.9.0-3.el8_7.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-102.9.0-3.el8_7.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debugsource-102.9.0-3.el8_7.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-2023-25751
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-25752
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-28162
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-28164
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-28176
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/
Copyright 2023 Red Hat, Inc.
