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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2020:2824 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2020-07-06
Updated:
2020-07-06

RHSA-2020:2824 - Security Advisory

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Synopsis

Important: firefox security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

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 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 68.10.0 ESR.

Security Fix(es):

  • Mozilla: Information disclosure due to manipulated URL object (CVE-2020-12418)
  • Mozilla: Use-after-free in nsGlobalWindowInner (CVE-2020-12419)
  • Mozilla: Use-After-Free when trying to connect to a STUN server (CVE-2020-12420)
  • Mozilla: Add-On updates did not respect the same certificate trust rules as software updates (CVE-2020-12421)

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
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

  • BZ - 1853015 - CVE-2020-12418 Mozilla: Information disclosure due to manipulated URL object
  • BZ - 1853016 - CVE-2020-12419 Mozilla: Use-after-free in nsGlobalWindowInner
  • BZ - 1853017 - CVE-2020-12420 Mozilla: Use-After-Free when trying to connect to a STUN server
  • BZ - 1853018 - CVE-2020-12421 Mozilla: Add-On updates did not respect the same certificate trust rules as software updates

CVEs

  • CVE-2020-12418
  • CVE-2020-12419
  • CVE-2020-12420
  • CVE-2020-12421

References

  • https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
firefox-68.10.0-1.el6_10.src.rpm SHA-256: 81be5d06ca99b0300f05bb4a8efb170ecbae6401cc3f654ecfa4e7baee0ca3d0
x86_64
firefox-68.10.0-1.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: d0100a2b4478036323264e395e5d5b0b9ff009d485db05fb88d6b95680914b64
firefox-68.10.0-1.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: d0100a2b4478036323264e395e5d5b0b9ff009d485db05fb88d6b95680914b64
firefox-68.10.0-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c0994b2304537f93211523f98e20bb677f847d3bab57220abe5ed4c6f431c16d
firefox-68.10.0-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c0994b2304537f93211523f98e20bb677f847d3bab57220abe5ed4c6f431c16d
firefox-debuginfo-68.10.0-1.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: eb2c94ffbab908fcae205f9d6e3a25b7224f7d2b49229aeeef1bd85e4b84b293
firefox-debuginfo-68.10.0-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: eec229d205ea906c8818cdbe247fb81982b33bcffb621995930476a014517dbb
firefox-debuginfo-68.10.0-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: eec229d205ea906c8818cdbe247fb81982b33bcffb621995930476a014517dbb
i386
firefox-68.10.0-1.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: d0100a2b4478036323264e395e5d5b0b9ff009d485db05fb88d6b95680914b64
firefox-debuginfo-68.10.0-1.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: eb2c94ffbab908fcae205f9d6e3a25b7224f7d2b49229aeeef1bd85e4b84b293

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6

SRPM
firefox-68.10.0-1.el6_10.src.rpm SHA-256: 81be5d06ca99b0300f05bb4a8efb170ecbae6401cc3f654ecfa4e7baee0ca3d0
x86_64
firefox-68.10.0-1.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: d0100a2b4478036323264e395e5d5b0b9ff009d485db05fb88d6b95680914b64
firefox-68.10.0-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c0994b2304537f93211523f98e20bb677f847d3bab57220abe5ed4c6f431c16d
firefox-debuginfo-68.10.0-1.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: eb2c94ffbab908fcae205f9d6e3a25b7224f7d2b49229aeeef1bd85e4b84b293
firefox-debuginfo-68.10.0-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: eec229d205ea906c8818cdbe247fb81982b33bcffb621995930476a014517dbb
i386
firefox-68.10.0-1.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: d0100a2b4478036323264e395e5d5b0b9ff009d485db05fb88d6b95680914b64
firefox-debuginfo-68.10.0-1.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: eb2c94ffbab908fcae205f9d6e3a25b7224f7d2b49229aeeef1bd85e4b84b293

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
firefox-68.10.0-1.el6_10.src.rpm SHA-256: 81be5d06ca99b0300f05bb4a8efb170ecbae6401cc3f654ecfa4e7baee0ca3d0
x86_64
firefox-68.10.0-1.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: d0100a2b4478036323264e395e5d5b0b9ff009d485db05fb88d6b95680914b64
firefox-68.10.0-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c0994b2304537f93211523f98e20bb677f847d3bab57220abe5ed4c6f431c16d
firefox-debuginfo-68.10.0-1.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: eb2c94ffbab908fcae205f9d6e3a25b7224f7d2b49229aeeef1bd85e4b84b293
firefox-debuginfo-68.10.0-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: eec229d205ea906c8818cdbe247fb81982b33bcffb621995930476a014517dbb
i386
firefox-68.10.0-1.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: d0100a2b4478036323264e395e5d5b0b9ff009d485db05fb88d6b95680914b64
firefox-debuginfo-68.10.0-1.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: eb2c94ffbab908fcae205f9d6e3a25b7224f7d2b49229aeeef1bd85e4b84b293

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
firefox-68.10.0-1.el6_10.src.rpm SHA-256: 81be5d06ca99b0300f05bb4a8efb170ecbae6401cc3f654ecfa4e7baee0ca3d0
x86_64
firefox-68.10.0-1.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: d0100a2b4478036323264e395e5d5b0b9ff009d485db05fb88d6b95680914b64
firefox-68.10.0-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c0994b2304537f93211523f98e20bb677f847d3bab57220abe5ed4c6f431c16d
firefox-debuginfo-68.10.0-1.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: eb2c94ffbab908fcae205f9d6e3a25b7224f7d2b49229aeeef1bd85e4b84b293
firefox-debuginfo-68.10.0-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: eec229d205ea906c8818cdbe247fb81982b33bcffb621995930476a014517dbb
i386
firefox-68.10.0-1.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: d0100a2b4478036323264e395e5d5b0b9ff009d485db05fb88d6b95680914b64
firefox-debuginfo-68.10.0-1.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: eb2c94ffbab908fcae205f9d6e3a25b7224f7d2b49229aeeef1bd85e4b84b293

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6

SRPM
firefox-68.10.0-1.el6_10.src.rpm SHA-256: 81be5d06ca99b0300f05bb4a8efb170ecbae6401cc3f654ecfa4e7baee0ca3d0
s390x
firefox-68.10.0-1.el6_10.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 066965721c4644d8acc8265d44f3bbd41afdc8c84f475efa73a7fecc2e6b06a1
firefox-debuginfo-68.10.0-1.el6_10.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 0ac2001296c13fb0b6a022f5365a3cf7063b63707c0b49c7366a2442ebbbb34a

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
firefox-68.10.0-1.el6_10.src.rpm SHA-256: 81be5d06ca99b0300f05bb4a8efb170ecbae6401cc3f654ecfa4e7baee0ca3d0
ppc64
firefox-68.10.0-1.el6_10.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 2a9fa871235442439fc3283bc09ddb2fbdf169a7a0930adfff568f26cf094a01
firefox-debuginfo-68.10.0-1.el6_10.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 898d54df40705b9ad154ecc169da818205bf3999337b0b61e725cf5670962a22

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
firefox-68.10.0-1.el6_10.src.rpm SHA-256: 81be5d06ca99b0300f05bb4a8efb170ecbae6401cc3f654ecfa4e7baee0ca3d0
x86_64
firefox-68.10.0-1.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: d0100a2b4478036323264e395e5d5b0b9ff009d485db05fb88d6b95680914b64
firefox-68.10.0-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c0994b2304537f93211523f98e20bb677f847d3bab57220abe5ed4c6f431c16d
firefox-debuginfo-68.10.0-1.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: eb2c94ffbab908fcae205f9d6e3a25b7224f7d2b49229aeeef1bd85e4b84b293
firefox-debuginfo-68.10.0-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: eec229d205ea906c8818cdbe247fb81982b33bcffb621995930476a014517dbb

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

SRPM
firefox-68.10.0-1.el6_10.src.rpm SHA-256: 81be5d06ca99b0300f05bb4a8efb170ecbae6401cc3f654ecfa4e7baee0ca3d0
s390x
firefox-68.10.0-1.el6_10.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 066965721c4644d8acc8265d44f3bbd41afdc8c84f475efa73a7fecc2e6b06a1
firefox-debuginfo-68.10.0-1.el6_10.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 0ac2001296c13fb0b6a022f5365a3cf7063b63707c0b49c7366a2442ebbbb34a

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6

SRPM
firefox-68.10.0-1.el6_10.src.rpm SHA-256: 81be5d06ca99b0300f05bb4a8efb170ecbae6401cc3f654ecfa4e7baee0ca3d0
x86_64
firefox-68.10.0-1.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: d0100a2b4478036323264e395e5d5b0b9ff009d485db05fb88d6b95680914b64
firefox-68.10.0-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c0994b2304537f93211523f98e20bb677f847d3bab57220abe5ed4c6f431c16d
firefox-debuginfo-68.10.0-1.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: eb2c94ffbab908fcae205f9d6e3a25b7224f7d2b49229aeeef1bd85e4b84b293
firefox-debuginfo-68.10.0-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: eec229d205ea906c8818cdbe247fb81982b33bcffb621995930476a014517dbb
i386
firefox-68.10.0-1.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: d0100a2b4478036323264e395e5d5b0b9ff009d485db05fb88d6b95680914b64
firefox-debuginfo-68.10.0-1.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: eb2c94ffbab908fcae205f9d6e3a25b7224f7d2b49229aeeef1bd85e4b84b293

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

SRPM
firefox-68.10.0-1.el6_10.src.rpm SHA-256: 81be5d06ca99b0300f05bb4a8efb170ecbae6401cc3f654ecfa4e7baee0ca3d0
s390x
firefox-68.10.0-1.el6_10.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 066965721c4644d8acc8265d44f3bbd41afdc8c84f475efa73a7fecc2e6b06a1
firefox-debuginfo-68.10.0-1.el6_10.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 0ac2001296c13fb0b6a022f5365a3cf7063b63707c0b49c7366a2442ebbbb34a

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