RHBA-2024:8183 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated rhel9/firefox-flatpak container image is now available in the Red Hat container registry.

Description

Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance, and portability.

Flatpak is a system for running graphical applications as containers. Installing an application as a Flatpak rather than as an individual package allows it to be installed and updated independently of the host operating system.

Solution

To install and use Red Hat Enterprise Linux Flatpak content available in the the Red Hat Container Catalog, make sure that you have the latest version of the Flatpak client installed on your system:

yum update flatpak

After updating the Flatpak packages, add the Flatpak remote to your system:

flatpak remote-add rhel https://flatpaks.redhat.io/rhel.flatpakrepo

Provide the credentials for your Red Hat Enterprise Linux account:

podman login registry.redhat.io

Podman only saves credentials until the user logs out. To save your credentials permanently, run:

cp $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/containers/auth.json $HOME/.config/flatpak/oci-auth.json

To enable the RHEL Flatpak remote for a set of workstations within an organization, you should use a Registry Service Account. Credentials can be installed system-wide at /etc/flatpak/oci-auth.json.

Then, you can install the Firefox Flatpak container image:

flatpak install rhel org.firefox.Firefox

For more information about the image, search the <image_name> in the Red Hat Ecosystem Catalog: https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/search.

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 9 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 9.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 9.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.6 x86_64

Fixes

CVEs

• CVE-2024-9680

References

• https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/search