- Issued:
- 2018-10-24
- Updated:
- 2018-10-24
RHSA-2018:3005 - Security Advisory
Synopsis
Critical: firefox security and bug fix update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory: Critical
Topic
An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Critical. 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.
Description
Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance, and portability.
This update upgrades Firefox to version 60.3.0 ESR.
Security Fix(es):
- Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 63 and Firefox ESR 60.3 (CVE-2018-12390)
- Mozilla: Crash with nested event loops (CVE-2018-12392)
- Mozilla: Integer overflow during Unicode conversion while loading JavaScript (CVE-2018-12393)
- Mozilla: WebExtension bypass of domain restrictions through header rewriting (CVE-2018-12395)
- Mozilla: WebExtension content scripts can execute in disallowed contexts (CVE-2018-12396)
- Mozilla: WebExtension local file permission check bypass (CVE-2018-12397)
- Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 60.3 (CVE-2018-12389)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting these issues. Upstream acknowledges Christian Holler, Bob Owen, Boris Zbarsky, Calixte Denizet, Jason Kratzer, Jed Davis, Taegeon Lee, Philipp, Ronald Crane, Raul Gurzau, Gary Kwong, Tyson Smith, Raymond Forbes, Bogdan Tara, Nils, r, Rob Wu, Andrew Swan, and Daniel Veditz as the original reporters.
Bug Fix(es):
- Previously, passwords saved in the Firefox browser and encrypted by a master password were erased when Firefox was exited. This update ensures that NSS files used to decrypt stored login data are handled correctly. As a result, the affected passwords are no longer lost after restarting Firefox. (BZ#1638082)
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.
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 7.7 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 7.5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.7 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.7 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.5 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7 ppc64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.7 ppc64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.5 ppc64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7 ppc64le
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.7 ppc64le
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.5 ppc64le
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.7 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 7 aarch64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power 9 7 ppc64le
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (for IBM Power LE) - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7 ppc64le
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM System z (Structure A) 7 s390x
Fixes
- BZ - 1638082 - After Firefox update saved passwords cleared on startup [7.7] [rhel-7.6.z]
- BZ - 1642179 - CVE-2018-12389 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 60.3
- BZ - 1642180 - CVE-2018-12390 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 63 and Firefox ESR 60.3
- BZ - 1642182 - CVE-2018-12392 Mozilla: Crash with nested event loops
- BZ - 1642183 - CVE-2018-12393 Mozilla: Integer overflow during Unicode conversion while loading JavaScript
- BZ - 1642185 - CVE-2018-12395 Mozilla: WebExtension bypass of domain restrictions through header rewriting
- BZ - 1642186 - CVE-2018-12396 Mozilla: WebExtension content scripts can execute in disallowed contexts
- BZ - 1642187 - CVE-2018-12397 Mozilla: WebExtension local file permission check bypass
CVEs
- CVE-2018-12389
- CVE-2018-12390
- CVE-2018-12392
- CVE-2018-12393
- CVE-2018-12395
- CVE-2018-12396
- CVE-2018-12397
References
Note:
More recent versions of these packages may be available.
Click a package name for more details.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| firefox-60.3.0-1.el7_5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 8d572a39c92b9ae2ec117f51b521fa1fe5a142a7d273acc8669540a3d6995751 |
| x86_64 | |
| firefox-60.3.0-1.el7_5.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 406fa1528f00f083f2b945d0e1c3adce67d0f1ddabab71d79022bda88daac193 |
| firefox-60.3.0-1.el7_5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: ee73b08b63efc197764c0dea9cbc0e570725028fdfc15cdeb92977335b1f16fe |
| firefox-debuginfo-60.3.0-1.el7_5.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 0f3d7dd6b6089a3179f9d26a8138ad6fd060e09a27056701353e2b4306669caf |
| firefox-debuginfo-60.3.0-1.el7_5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 23bb4ea145a0874fd66e5b4a34cb935b4c239221d98293476228c8ad36592aa4 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 7.7
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| firefox-60.3.0-1.el7_5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 8d572a39c92b9ae2ec117f51b521fa1fe5a142a7d273acc8669540a3d6995751 |
| x86_64 | |
| firefox-60.3.0-1.el7_5.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 406fa1528f00f083f2b945d0e1c3adce67d0f1ddabab71d79022bda88daac193 |
| firefox-60.3.0-1.el7_5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: ee73b08b63efc197764c0dea9cbc0e570725028fdfc15cdeb92977335b1f16fe |
| firefox-debuginfo-60.3.0-1.el7_5.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 0f3d7dd6b6089a3179f9d26a8138ad6fd060e09a27056701353e2b4306669caf |
| firefox-debuginfo-60.3.0-1.el7_5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 23bb4ea145a0874fd66e5b4a34cb935b4c239221d98293476228c8ad36592aa4 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 7.5
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| firefox-60.3.0-1.el7_5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 8d572a39c92b9ae2ec117f51b521fa1fe5a142a7d273acc8669540a3d6995751 |
| x86_64 | |
| firefox-60.3.0-1.el7_5.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 406fa1528f00f083f2b945d0e1c3adce67d0f1ddabab71d79022bda88daac193 |
| firefox-60.3.0-1.el7_5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: ee73b08b63efc197764c0dea9cbc0e570725028fdfc15cdeb92977335b1f16fe |
| firefox-debuginfo-60.3.0-1.el7_5.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 0f3d7dd6b6089a3179f9d26a8138ad6fd060e09a27056701353e2b4306669caf |
| firefox-debuginfo-60.3.0-1.el7_5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 23bb4ea145a0874fd66e5b4a34cb935b4c239221d98293476228c8ad36592aa4 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.7
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| firefox-60.3.0-1.el7_5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 8d572a39c92b9ae2ec117f51b521fa1fe5a142a7d273acc8669540a3d6995751 |
| x86_64 | |
| firefox-60.3.0-1.el7_5.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 406fa1528f00f083f2b945d0e1c3adce67d0f1ddabab71d79022bda88daac193 |
| firefox-60.3.0-1.el7_5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: ee73b08b63efc197764c0dea9cbc0e570725028fdfc15cdeb92977335b1f16fe |
| firefox-debuginfo-60.3.0-1.el7_5.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 0f3d7dd6b6089a3179f9d26a8138ad6fd060e09a27056701353e2b4306669caf |
| firefox-debuginfo-60.3.0-1.el7_5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 23bb4ea145a0874fd66e5b4a34cb935b4c239221d98293476228c8ad36592aa4 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| firefox-60.3.0-1.el7_5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 8d572a39c92b9ae2ec117f51b521fa1fe5a142a7d273acc8669540a3d6995751 |
| x86_64 | |
| firefox-60.3.0-1.el7_5.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 406fa1528f00f083f2b945d0e1c3adce67d0f1ddabab71d79022bda88daac193 |
| firefox-60.3.0-1.el7_5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: ee73b08b63efc197764c0dea9cbc0e570725028fdfc15cdeb92977335b1f16fe |
| firefox-debuginfo-60.3.0-1.el7_5.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 0f3d7dd6b6089a3179f9d26a8138ad6fd060e09a27056701353e2b4306669caf |
| firefox-debuginfo-60.3.0-1.el7_5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 23bb4ea145a0874fd66e5b4a34cb935b4c239221d98293476228c8ad36592aa4 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| firefox-60.3.0-1.el7_5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 8d572a39c92b9ae2ec117f51b521fa1fe5a142a7d273acc8669540a3d6995751 |
| x86_64 | |
| firefox-60.3.0-1.el7_5.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 406fa1528f00f083f2b945d0e1c3adce67d0f1ddabab71d79022bda88daac193 |
| firefox-60.3.0-1.el7_5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: ee73b08b63efc197764c0dea9cbc0e570725028fdfc15cdeb92977335b1f16fe |
| firefox-debuginfo-60.3.0-1.el7_5.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 0f3d7dd6b6089a3179f9d26a8138ad6fd060e09a27056701353e2b4306669caf |
| firefox-debuginfo-60.3.0-1.el7_5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 23bb4ea145a0874fd66e5b4a34cb935b4c239221d98293476228c8ad36592aa4 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| firefox-60.3.0-1.el7_5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 8d572a39c92b9ae2ec117f51b521fa1fe5a142a7d273acc8669540a3d6995751 |
| s390x | |
| firefox-60.3.0-1.el7_5.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: c34382a0ed2e46832cac661831200f3864a0488ec13f3e5a3120625ed0b53f45 |
| firefox-debuginfo-60.3.0-1.el7_5.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: fd473f4522f541f59c6abbfac3459ead143fc55f4f725bf2c596ba9616afb582 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.7
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| firefox-60.3.0-1.el7_5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 8d572a39c92b9ae2ec117f51b521fa1fe5a142a7d273acc8669540a3d6995751 |
| s390x | |
| firefox-60.3.0-1.el7_5.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: c34382a0ed2e46832cac661831200f3864a0488ec13f3e5a3120625ed0b53f45 |
| firefox-debuginfo-60.3.0-1.el7_5.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: fd473f4522f541f59c6abbfac3459ead143fc55f4f725bf2c596ba9616afb582 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.5
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| firefox-60.3.0-1.el7_5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 8d572a39c92b9ae2ec117f51b521fa1fe5a142a7d273acc8669540a3d6995751 |
| s390x | |
| firefox-60.3.0-1.el7_5.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: c34382a0ed2e46832cac661831200f3864a0488ec13f3e5a3120625ed0b53f45 |
| firefox-debuginfo-60.3.0-1.el7_5.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: fd473f4522f541f59c6abbfac3459ead143fc55f4f725bf2c596ba9616afb582 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| firefox-60.3.0-1.el7_5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 8d572a39c92b9ae2ec117f51b521fa1fe5a142a7d273acc8669540a3d6995751 |
| ppc64 | |
| firefox-60.3.0-1.el7_5.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: 8bc102559feccc2c132831519f59826867e9f42af71ee11508a2d1d22b5add24 |
| firefox-debuginfo-60.3.0-1.el7_5.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: 257667b46ca770c2b652044844c8ff4fe55e0aab0b572124c442f4af05c20755 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.7
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| firefox-60.3.0-1.el7_5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 8d572a39c92b9ae2ec117f51b521fa1fe5a142a7d273acc8669540a3d6995751 |
| ppc64 | |
| firefox-60.3.0-1.el7_5.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: 8bc102559feccc2c132831519f59826867e9f42af71ee11508a2d1d22b5add24 |
| firefox-debuginfo-60.3.0-1.el7_5.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: 257667b46ca770c2b652044844c8ff4fe55e0aab0b572124c442f4af05c20755 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.5
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| firefox-60.3.0-1.el7_5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 8d572a39c92b9ae2ec117f51b521fa1fe5a142a7d273acc8669540a3d6995751 |
| ppc64 | |
| firefox-60.3.0-1.el7_5.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: 8bc102559feccc2c132831519f59826867e9f42af71ee11508a2d1d22b5add24 |
| firefox-debuginfo-60.3.0-1.el7_5.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: 257667b46ca770c2b652044844c8ff4fe55e0aab0b572124c442f4af05c20755 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| firefox-60.3.0-1.el7_5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 8d572a39c92b9ae2ec117f51b521fa1fe5a142a7d273acc8669540a3d6995751 |
| ppc64le | |
| firefox-60.3.0-1.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: 715fea36df61bee23a5168b83ea2113e9c86712f366a5d9b9778321a1e4aef13 |
| firefox-debuginfo-60.3.0-1.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: 7d881614f30dfed89c7680db08af6388c5643cc944a2b82ea83d464a943732a4 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.7
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| firefox-60.3.0-1.el7_5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 8d572a39c92b9ae2ec117f51b521fa1fe5a142a7d273acc8669540a3d6995751 |
| ppc64le | |
| firefox-60.3.0-1.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: 715fea36df61bee23a5168b83ea2113e9c86712f366a5d9b9778321a1e4aef13 |
| firefox-debuginfo-60.3.0-1.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: 7d881614f30dfed89c7680db08af6388c5643cc944a2b82ea83d464a943732a4 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.5
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| firefox-60.3.0-1.el7_5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 8d572a39c92b9ae2ec117f51b521fa1fe5a142a7d273acc8669540a3d6995751 |
| ppc64le | |
| firefox-60.3.0-1.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: 715fea36df61bee23a5168b83ea2113e9c86712f366a5d9b9778321a1e4aef13 |
| firefox-debuginfo-60.3.0-1.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: 7d881614f30dfed89c7680db08af6388c5643cc944a2b82ea83d464a943732a4 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.7
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| firefox-60.3.0-1.el7_5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 8d572a39c92b9ae2ec117f51b521fa1fe5a142a7d273acc8669540a3d6995751 |
| x86_64 | |
| firefox-60.3.0-1.el7_5.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 406fa1528f00f083f2b945d0e1c3adce67d0f1ddabab71d79022bda88daac193 |
| firefox-60.3.0-1.el7_5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: ee73b08b63efc197764c0dea9cbc0e570725028fdfc15cdeb92977335b1f16fe |
| firefox-debuginfo-60.3.0-1.el7_5.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 0f3d7dd6b6089a3179f9d26a8138ad6fd060e09a27056701353e2b4306669caf |
| firefox-debuginfo-60.3.0-1.el7_5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 23bb4ea145a0874fd66e5b4a34cb935b4c239221d98293476228c8ad36592aa4 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 7
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| firefox-60.3.0-1.el7_5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 8d572a39c92b9ae2ec117f51b521fa1fe5a142a7d273acc8669540a3d6995751 |
| aarch64 | |
| firefox-60.3.0-1.el7_5.aarch64.rpm | SHA-256: ce156bfddaed667aaecb78f87e623d2719c5ad510cd07f2d98235cfd149be534 |
| firefox-debuginfo-60.3.0-1.el7_5.aarch64.rpm | SHA-256: 51ee23c0944c71053ba518b0ff7b52de3424cc5f685aae4feace37e4d69904f7 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power 9 7
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| firefox-60.3.0-1.el7_5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 8d572a39c92b9ae2ec117f51b521fa1fe5a142a7d273acc8669540a3d6995751 |
| ppc64le | |
| firefox-60.3.0-1.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: 715fea36df61bee23a5168b83ea2113e9c86712f366a5d9b9778321a1e4aef13 |
| firefox-debuginfo-60.3.0-1.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: 7d881614f30dfed89c7680db08af6388c5643cc944a2b82ea83d464a943732a4 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (for IBM Power LE) - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| firefox-60.3.0-1.el7_5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 8d572a39c92b9ae2ec117f51b521fa1fe5a142a7d273acc8669540a3d6995751 |
| ppc64le | |
| firefox-60.3.0-1.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: 715fea36df61bee23a5168b83ea2113e9c86712f366a5d9b9778321a1e4aef13 |
| firefox-debuginfo-60.3.0-1.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: 7d881614f30dfed89c7680db08af6388c5643cc944a2b82ea83d464a943732a4 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| firefox-60.3.0-1.el7_5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 8d572a39c92b9ae2ec117f51b521fa1fe5a142a7d273acc8669540a3d6995751 |
| x86_64 | |
| firefox-60.3.0-1.el7_5.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 406fa1528f00f083f2b945d0e1c3adce67d0f1ddabab71d79022bda88daac193 |
| firefox-60.3.0-1.el7_5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: ee73b08b63efc197764c0dea9cbc0e570725028fdfc15cdeb92977335b1f16fe |
| firefox-debuginfo-60.3.0-1.el7_5.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 0f3d7dd6b6089a3179f9d26a8138ad6fd060e09a27056701353e2b4306669caf |
| firefox-debuginfo-60.3.0-1.el7_5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 23bb4ea145a0874fd66e5b4a34cb935b4c239221d98293476228c8ad36592aa4 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM System z (Structure A) 7
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| firefox-60.3.0-1.el7_5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 8d572a39c92b9ae2ec117f51b521fa1fe5a142a7d273acc8669540a3d6995751 |
| s390x | |
| firefox-60.3.0-1.el7_5.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: c34382a0ed2e46832cac661831200f3864a0488ec13f3e5a3120625ed0b53f45 |
| firefox-debuginfo-60.3.0-1.el7_5.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: fd473f4522f541f59c6abbfac3459ead143fc55f4f725bf2c596ba9616afb582 |
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