Issued:
2020-04-08
Updated:
2020-04-08

RHSA-2020:1406 - Security Advisory

Synopsis

Important: firefox security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

Topic

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.

Description

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

This update upgrades Firefox to version 68.7.0 ESR.

Security Fix(es):

  • Mozilla: Uninitialized memory could be read when using the WebGL copyTexSubImage method (CVE-2020-6821)
  • Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 75 and Firefox ESR 68.7 (CVE-2020-6825)
  • Mozilla: Out of bounds write in GMPDecodeData when processing large images (CVE-2020-6822)

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 for x86_64 8 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.1 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.1 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.1 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.1 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (for IBM Power LE) - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.1 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.1 x86_64

Fixes

  • BZ - 1821674 - CVE-2020-6821 Mozilla: Uninitialized memory could be read when using the WebGL copyTexSubImage method
  • BZ - 1821676 - CVE-2020-6822 Mozilla: Out of bounds write in GMPDecodeData when processing large images
  • BZ - 1821682 - CVE-2020-6825 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 75 and Firefox ESR 68.7

CVEs

References

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8

SRPM
firefox-68.7.0-2.el8_1.src.rpm SHA-256: 53186dcdeb0a5d5087d9cbb9522626566f8d1d59347b2536cb231c5fb9edb539
x86_64
firefox-68.7.0-2.el8_1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: befaac6a7bd1af4aa23fa30dca7efca577042fcff55ce025d55744c66cc7ac50
firefox-debuginfo-68.7.0-2.el8_1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 32b487e6bbc615e98360e9bbe11873ead04f2756d2fc740698438eb369c53e02
firefox-debugsource-68.7.0-2.el8_1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7fac51633c8e1be3317f2042a3f0d5eaba7d5be02826bdebbbec6b382bcc853f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.1

SRPM
firefox-68.7.0-2.el8_1.src.rpm SHA-256: 53186dcdeb0a5d5087d9cbb9522626566f8d1d59347b2536cb231c5fb9edb539
x86_64
firefox-68.7.0-2.el8_1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: befaac6a7bd1af4aa23fa30dca7efca577042fcff55ce025d55744c66cc7ac50
firefox-debuginfo-68.7.0-2.el8_1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 32b487e6bbc615e98360e9bbe11873ead04f2756d2fc740698438eb369c53e02
firefox-debugsource-68.7.0-2.el8_1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7fac51633c8e1be3317f2042a3f0d5eaba7d5be02826bdebbbec6b382bcc853f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8

SRPM
firefox-68.7.0-2.el8_1.src.rpm SHA-256: 53186dcdeb0a5d5087d9cbb9522626566f8d1d59347b2536cb231c5fb9edb539
s390x
firefox-68.7.0-2.el8_1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 318be015ff8310b012ad0a49642dc7c5acf2a54bd5fad790165b451d29eac9ed
firefox-debuginfo-68.7.0-2.el8_1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 9b49949cf1d236fd5b0df91dd5da8f2942b3de3545a8119c0fb911d8a5e65860
firefox-debugsource-68.7.0-2.el8_1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 8427e95a80677495d994d4984a44ef437f1a635616259f4e53f58fb87fe568c2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.1

SRPM
firefox-68.7.0-2.el8_1.src.rpm SHA-256: 53186dcdeb0a5d5087d9cbb9522626566f8d1d59347b2536cb231c5fb9edb539
s390x
firefox-68.7.0-2.el8_1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 318be015ff8310b012ad0a49642dc7c5acf2a54bd5fad790165b451d29eac9ed
firefox-debuginfo-68.7.0-2.el8_1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 9b49949cf1d236fd5b0df91dd5da8f2942b3de3545a8119c0fb911d8a5e65860
firefox-debugsource-68.7.0-2.el8_1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 8427e95a80677495d994d4984a44ef437f1a635616259f4e53f58fb87fe568c2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8

SRPM
firefox-68.7.0-2.el8_1.src.rpm SHA-256: 53186dcdeb0a5d5087d9cbb9522626566f8d1d59347b2536cb231c5fb9edb539
ppc64le
firefox-68.7.0-2.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 65165f59c47df0d9821023f979e42ffac19c0e3961fb6d18375d8d6e2d605438
firefox-debuginfo-68.7.0-2.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 65586598eb029192cce45ecf8a13e4985e9a4da5fac07bdfc74931ef8f87046f
firefox-debugsource-68.7.0-2.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 21d43f551e4778bf5799934ddee3e8f7fae3952f34b917e579373d63fa21ea6c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.1

SRPM
firefox-68.7.0-2.el8_1.src.rpm SHA-256: 53186dcdeb0a5d5087d9cbb9522626566f8d1d59347b2536cb231c5fb9edb539
ppc64le
firefox-68.7.0-2.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 65165f59c47df0d9821023f979e42ffac19c0e3961fb6d18375d8d6e2d605438
firefox-debuginfo-68.7.0-2.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 65586598eb029192cce45ecf8a13e4985e9a4da5fac07bdfc74931ef8f87046f
firefox-debugsource-68.7.0-2.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 21d43f551e4778bf5799934ddee3e8f7fae3952f34b917e579373d63fa21ea6c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8

SRPM
firefox-68.7.0-2.el8_1.src.rpm SHA-256: 53186dcdeb0a5d5087d9cbb9522626566f8d1d59347b2536cb231c5fb9edb539
aarch64
firefox-68.7.0-2.el8_1.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 013fb5eaf70c0cc69e8586d119414a23beee8fe2da7b04241a1763bf9c9e7acb
firefox-debuginfo-68.7.0-2.el8_1.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 9886a12a3e9f70dff9fb7067a49dfb89701ca8c06ca51c173657c154f8bfb7ef
firefox-debugsource-68.7.0-2.el8_1.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 11a405b887eecc0bba89e3ce7ba365695a8ceebc6c1f80947f89197ec834a640

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.1

SRPM
firefox-68.7.0-2.el8_1.src.rpm SHA-256: 53186dcdeb0a5d5087d9cbb9522626566f8d1d59347b2536cb231c5fb9edb539
aarch64
firefox-68.7.0-2.el8_1.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 013fb5eaf70c0cc69e8586d119414a23beee8fe2da7b04241a1763bf9c9e7acb
firefox-debuginfo-68.7.0-2.el8_1.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 9886a12a3e9f70dff9fb7067a49dfb89701ca8c06ca51c173657c154f8bfb7ef
firefox-debugsource-68.7.0-2.el8_1.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 11a405b887eecc0bba89e3ce7ba365695a8ceebc6c1f80947f89197ec834a640

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (for IBM Power LE) - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.1

SRPM
firefox-68.7.0-2.el8_1.src.rpm SHA-256: 53186dcdeb0a5d5087d9cbb9522626566f8d1d59347b2536cb231c5fb9edb539
ppc64le
firefox-68.7.0-2.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 65165f59c47df0d9821023f979e42ffac19c0e3961fb6d18375d8d6e2d605438
firefox-debuginfo-68.7.0-2.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 65586598eb029192cce45ecf8a13e4985e9a4da5fac07bdfc74931ef8f87046f
firefox-debugsource-68.7.0-2.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 21d43f551e4778bf5799934ddee3e8f7fae3952f34b917e579373d63fa21ea6c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.1

SRPM
firefox-68.7.0-2.el8_1.src.rpm SHA-256: 53186dcdeb0a5d5087d9cbb9522626566f8d1d59347b2536cb231c5fb9edb539
x86_64
firefox-68.7.0-2.el8_1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: befaac6a7bd1af4aa23fa30dca7efca577042fcff55ce025d55744c66cc7ac50
firefox-debuginfo-68.7.0-2.el8_1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 32b487e6bbc615e98360e9bbe11873ead04f2756d2fc740698438eb369c53e02
firefox-debugsource-68.7.0-2.el8_1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7fac51633c8e1be3317f2042a3f0d5eaba7d5be02826bdebbbec6b382bcc853f

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