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A firefox security update has been released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2.



RHSA-2023:1445-01: Important: firefox security update



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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis: Important: firefox security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:1445-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:   https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1445
Issue date: 2023-03-23
CVE Names: CVE-2023-25751 CVE-2023-25752 CVE-2023-28162
CVE-2023-28164 CVE-2023-28176
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1. Summary:

An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2
Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications
Update Service, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 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 AUS (v. 8.2) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.2) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v. 8.2) - 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 AUS (v. 8.2):

Source:
firefox-102.9.0-4.el8_2.src.rpm

aarch64:
firefox-102.9.0-4.el8_2.aarch64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-102.9.0-4.el8_2.aarch64.rpm
firefox-debugsource-102.9.0-4.el8_2.aarch64.rpm

ppc64le:
firefox-102.9.0-4.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-102.9.0-4.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
firefox-debugsource-102.9.0-4.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm

s390x:
firefox-102.9.0-4.el8_2.s390x.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-102.9.0-4.el8_2.s390x.rpm
firefox-debugsource-102.9.0-4.el8_2.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
firefox-102.9.0-4.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-102.9.0-4.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debugsource-102.9.0-4.el8_2.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.2):

Source:
firefox-102.9.0-4.el8_2.src.rpm

aarch64:
firefox-102.9.0-4.el8_2.aarch64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-102.9.0-4.el8_2.aarch64.rpm
firefox-debugsource-102.9.0-4.el8_2.aarch64.rpm

ppc64le:
firefox-102.9.0-4.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-102.9.0-4.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
firefox-debugsource-102.9.0-4.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm

s390x:
firefox-102.9.0-4.el8_2.s390x.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-102.9.0-4.el8_2.s390x.rpm
firefox-debugsource-102.9.0-4.el8_2.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
firefox-102.9.0-4.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-102.9.0-4.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debugsource-102.9.0-4.el8_2.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v. 8.2):

Source:
firefox-102.9.0-4.el8_2.src.rpm

aarch64:
firefox-102.9.0-4.el8_2.aarch64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-102.9.0-4.el8_2.aarch64.rpm
firefox-debugsource-102.9.0-4.el8_2.aarch64.rpm

ppc64le:
firefox-102.9.0-4.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-102.9.0-4.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
firefox-debugsource-102.9.0-4.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm

s390x:
firefox-102.9.0-4.el8_2.s390x.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-102.9.0-4.el8_2.s390x.rpm
firefox-debugsource-102.9.0-4.el8_2.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
firefox-102.9.0-4.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-102.9.0-4.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debugsource-102.9.0-4.el8_2.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/

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