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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2019:4108 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2019-12-05
Updated:
2019-12-05

RHSA-2019:4108 - Security Advisory

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Synopsis

Critical: firefox security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Critical

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

Topic

An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

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 68.3.0 ESR.

Security Fix(es):

  • Mozilla: Use-after-free in worker destruction (CVE-2019-17008)
  • Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 71 and Firefox ESR 68.3 (CVE-2019-17012)
  • Mozilla: Buffer overflow in plain text serializer (CVE-2019-17005)
  • Mozilla: Use-after-free when performing device orientation checks (CVE-2019-17010)
  • Mozilla: Use-after-free when retrieving a document in antitracking (CVE-2019-17011)

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.

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 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

  • BZ - 1779431 - CVE-2019-17008 Mozilla: Use-after-free in worker destruction
  • BZ - 1779434 - CVE-2019-17010 Mozilla: Use-after-free when performing device orientation checks
  • BZ - 1779435 - CVE-2019-17005 Mozilla: Buffer overflow in plain text serializer
  • BZ - 1779436 - CVE-2019-17011 Mozilla: Use-after-free when retrieving a document in antitracking
  • BZ - 1779437 - CVE-2019-17012 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 71 and Firefox ESR 68.3

CVEs

  • CVE-2019-17005
  • CVE-2019-17008
  • CVE-2019-17010
  • CVE-2019-17011
  • CVE-2019-17012

References

  • https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
  • https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2019-37/
Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
firefox-68.3.0-1.el6_10.src.rpm SHA-256: 103def8f9a814104d70b9d3a3dc6b2a7106b5d5e7b7920104a7732e6fead8190
x86_64
firefox-68.3.0-1.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: ce18832aed384638894e0f19b21acdb0246887bc2f19ba264dbe5a05493b1072
firefox-68.3.0-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c614f5fb6fa01c9f3921cc229532328fe612624e54c71dedd92ffcc54e2dad6a
firefox-debuginfo-68.3.0-1.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: 7a71470f480f682ca6416e82d9c79621d9b5f5a189968e360e69d130ef70bd64
firefox-debuginfo-68.3.0-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 09717cb1150f99b734e62cf3205d42f06e8207dbb770466f0580619262029034
i386
firefox-68.3.0-1.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: ce18832aed384638894e0f19b21acdb0246887bc2f19ba264dbe5a05493b1072
firefox-debuginfo-68.3.0-1.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: 7a71470f480f682ca6416e82d9c79621d9b5f5a189968e360e69d130ef70bd64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6

SRPM
firefox-68.3.0-1.el6_10.src.rpm SHA-256: 103def8f9a814104d70b9d3a3dc6b2a7106b5d5e7b7920104a7732e6fead8190
x86_64
firefox-68.3.0-1.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: ce18832aed384638894e0f19b21acdb0246887bc2f19ba264dbe5a05493b1072
firefox-68.3.0-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c614f5fb6fa01c9f3921cc229532328fe612624e54c71dedd92ffcc54e2dad6a
firefox-debuginfo-68.3.0-1.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: 7a71470f480f682ca6416e82d9c79621d9b5f5a189968e360e69d130ef70bd64
firefox-debuginfo-68.3.0-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 09717cb1150f99b734e62cf3205d42f06e8207dbb770466f0580619262029034
i386
firefox-68.3.0-1.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: ce18832aed384638894e0f19b21acdb0246887bc2f19ba264dbe5a05493b1072
firefox-debuginfo-68.3.0-1.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: 7a71470f480f682ca6416e82d9c79621d9b5f5a189968e360e69d130ef70bd64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
firefox-68.3.0-1.el6_10.src.rpm SHA-256: 103def8f9a814104d70b9d3a3dc6b2a7106b5d5e7b7920104a7732e6fead8190
x86_64
firefox-68.3.0-1.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: ce18832aed384638894e0f19b21acdb0246887bc2f19ba264dbe5a05493b1072
firefox-68.3.0-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c614f5fb6fa01c9f3921cc229532328fe612624e54c71dedd92ffcc54e2dad6a
firefox-debuginfo-68.3.0-1.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: 7a71470f480f682ca6416e82d9c79621d9b5f5a189968e360e69d130ef70bd64
firefox-debuginfo-68.3.0-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 09717cb1150f99b734e62cf3205d42f06e8207dbb770466f0580619262029034
i386
firefox-68.3.0-1.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: ce18832aed384638894e0f19b21acdb0246887bc2f19ba264dbe5a05493b1072
firefox-debuginfo-68.3.0-1.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: 7a71470f480f682ca6416e82d9c79621d9b5f5a189968e360e69d130ef70bd64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
firefox-68.3.0-1.el6_10.src.rpm SHA-256: 103def8f9a814104d70b9d3a3dc6b2a7106b5d5e7b7920104a7732e6fead8190
x86_64
firefox-68.3.0-1.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: ce18832aed384638894e0f19b21acdb0246887bc2f19ba264dbe5a05493b1072
firefox-68.3.0-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c614f5fb6fa01c9f3921cc229532328fe612624e54c71dedd92ffcc54e2dad6a
firefox-debuginfo-68.3.0-1.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: 7a71470f480f682ca6416e82d9c79621d9b5f5a189968e360e69d130ef70bd64
firefox-debuginfo-68.3.0-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 09717cb1150f99b734e62cf3205d42f06e8207dbb770466f0580619262029034
i386
firefox-68.3.0-1.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: ce18832aed384638894e0f19b21acdb0246887bc2f19ba264dbe5a05493b1072
firefox-debuginfo-68.3.0-1.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: 7a71470f480f682ca6416e82d9c79621d9b5f5a189968e360e69d130ef70bd64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6

SRPM
firefox-68.3.0-1.el6_10.src.rpm SHA-256: 103def8f9a814104d70b9d3a3dc6b2a7106b5d5e7b7920104a7732e6fead8190
s390x
firefox-68.3.0-1.el6_10.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 70318e3ad5909b7d13417ad225b0b2f962dc502cafd752b2b3dc74fe4448557f
firefox-debuginfo-68.3.0-1.el6_10.s390x.rpm SHA-256: fd2e4e34b77a5a3c3f6c754d53f7234dc26d7be18acfbe04c14166fafcc99180

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
firefox-68.3.0-1.el6_10.src.rpm SHA-256: 103def8f9a814104d70b9d3a3dc6b2a7106b5d5e7b7920104a7732e6fead8190
ppc64
firefox-68.3.0-1.el6_10.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 768c9815f5bc86f65d3170bf4f9fa6d8ffc67e32f171a70222eb52efe261399f
firefox-debuginfo-68.3.0-1.el6_10.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 76cf37daf2dae87fd9635e3930472a97557c9018b34dfb2a0700ea04d51f2d4e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
firefox-68.3.0-1.el6_10.src.rpm SHA-256: 103def8f9a814104d70b9d3a3dc6b2a7106b5d5e7b7920104a7732e6fead8190
x86_64
firefox-68.3.0-1.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: ce18832aed384638894e0f19b21acdb0246887bc2f19ba264dbe5a05493b1072
firefox-68.3.0-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c614f5fb6fa01c9f3921cc229532328fe612624e54c71dedd92ffcc54e2dad6a
firefox-debuginfo-68.3.0-1.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: 7a71470f480f682ca6416e82d9c79621d9b5f5a189968e360e69d130ef70bd64
firefox-debuginfo-68.3.0-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 09717cb1150f99b734e62cf3205d42f06e8207dbb770466f0580619262029034

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6

SRPM
firefox-68.3.0-1.el6_10.src.rpm SHA-256: 103def8f9a814104d70b9d3a3dc6b2a7106b5d5e7b7920104a7732e6fead8190
s390x
firefox-68.3.0-1.el6_10.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 70318e3ad5909b7d13417ad225b0b2f962dc502cafd752b2b3dc74fe4448557f
firefox-debuginfo-68.3.0-1.el6_10.s390x.rpm SHA-256: fd2e4e34b77a5a3c3f6c754d53f7234dc26d7be18acfbe04c14166fafcc99180

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