- Issued:
- 2020-05-06
- Updated:
- 2020-05-06
RHSA-2020:2033 - Security Advisory
Synopsis
Critical: firefox security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory: Critical
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions.
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 68.8.0 ESR.
Security Fix(es):
- Mozilla: Use-after-free during worker shutdown (CVE-2020-12387)
- Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 76 and Firefox ESR 68.8 (CVE-2020-12395)
- Mozilla: Buffer overflow in SCTP chunk input validation (CVE-2020-6831)
- Mozilla: Arbitrary local file access with 'Copy as cURL' (CVE-2020-12392)
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 for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.0 ppc64le
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.0 x86_64
Fixes
- BZ - 1831761 - CVE-2020-12387 Mozilla: Use-after-free during worker shutdown
- BZ - 1831763 - CVE-2020-6831 Mozilla: Buffer overflow in SCTP chunk input validation
- BZ - 1831764 - CVE-2020-12392 Mozilla: Arbitrary local file access with 'Copy as cURL'
- BZ - 1831765 - CVE-2020-12395 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 76 and Firefox ESR 68.8
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.0
SRPM | |
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firefox-68.8.0-1.el8_0.src.rpm | SHA-256: 10d957b68ec214a47800aa6b9310e44ff6e27f5baea3788d6f84e92b09585c7c |
ppc64le | |
firefox-68.8.0-1.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: a6acd1cacec844cd1ba2d501ab1fb67cf5d5c9e43c3203503de313072fa0f722 |
firefox-debuginfo-68.8.0-1.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: 8599e46564026cd51ed6e275a80872fa4ca412839d41adfd597a3e18be647545 |
firefox-debugsource-68.8.0-1.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: 91ac1f98a0bcbae4204f301614913dfdef8fc1699e472ded9ca348149df0f88c |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.0
SRPM | |
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firefox-68.8.0-1.el8_0.src.rpm | SHA-256: 10d957b68ec214a47800aa6b9310e44ff6e27f5baea3788d6f84e92b09585c7c |
x86_64 | |
firefox-68.8.0-1.el8_0.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: c55da52bc2ce03aece82653a87d1ce51cded5b7d7b3bf5abb69d13b0fccbb64a |
firefox-debuginfo-68.8.0-1.el8_0.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: a3af9ffe620dcfe94fe768050fc89714d42ef6b30895a9de30c9a179ea6ec2bc |
firefox-debugsource-68.8.0-1.el8_0.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 0bd94767312ca96c7600ea80936da2fc71bb59a041d0da835a0df7a6e32fc405 |
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