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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2020:4330 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2020-10-26
Updated:
2020-10-26

RHSA-2020:4330 - 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 78.4.0 ESR.

Security Fix(es):

  • Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 82 and Firefox ESR 78.4 (CVE-2020-15683)
  • chromium-browser: Use after free in WebRTC (CVE-2020-15969)

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 - 1885885 - CVE-2020-15969 chromium-browser: Use after free in WebRTC
  • BZ - 1889932 - CVE-2020-15683 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 82 and Firefox ESR 78.4

CVEs

  • CVE-2020-15683
  • CVE-2020-15969

References

  • https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
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-78.4.0-2.el6_10.src.rpm SHA-256: 8aaa3f8f5f43cc93be252228e46aca268f9397bddacfa70014a000f6adff2aa7
x86_64
firefox-78.4.0-2.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: fd32dbccc1f1c5080b48495f7bd2cedd36d1dc96af37c93b1a4d79c32acd349f
firefox-78.4.0-2.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b230c52a9d2f36fc73eaa14335f6dee77f324a5add0d02e9975f1de3b5b9b009
firefox-debuginfo-78.4.0-2.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 6b395047a4be760ca5d763d051a13ebde6fcfafd1bb7426d241a1649ae7f245c
i386
firefox-78.4.0-2.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: fd32dbccc1f1c5080b48495f7bd2cedd36d1dc96af37c93b1a4d79c32acd349f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6

SRPM
firefox-78.4.0-2.el6_10.src.rpm SHA-256: 8aaa3f8f5f43cc93be252228e46aca268f9397bddacfa70014a000f6adff2aa7
x86_64
firefox-78.4.0-2.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: fd32dbccc1f1c5080b48495f7bd2cedd36d1dc96af37c93b1a4d79c32acd349f
firefox-78.4.0-2.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b230c52a9d2f36fc73eaa14335f6dee77f324a5add0d02e9975f1de3b5b9b009
firefox-debuginfo-78.4.0-2.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 6b395047a4be760ca5d763d051a13ebde6fcfafd1bb7426d241a1649ae7f245c
i386
firefox-78.4.0-2.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: fd32dbccc1f1c5080b48495f7bd2cedd36d1dc96af37c93b1a4d79c32acd349f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
firefox-78.4.0-2.el6_10.src.rpm SHA-256: 8aaa3f8f5f43cc93be252228e46aca268f9397bddacfa70014a000f6adff2aa7
x86_64
firefox-78.4.0-2.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: fd32dbccc1f1c5080b48495f7bd2cedd36d1dc96af37c93b1a4d79c32acd349f
firefox-78.4.0-2.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b230c52a9d2f36fc73eaa14335f6dee77f324a5add0d02e9975f1de3b5b9b009
firefox-debuginfo-78.4.0-2.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 6b395047a4be760ca5d763d051a13ebde6fcfafd1bb7426d241a1649ae7f245c
i386
firefox-78.4.0-2.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: fd32dbccc1f1c5080b48495f7bd2cedd36d1dc96af37c93b1a4d79c32acd349f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
firefox-78.4.0-2.el6_10.src.rpm SHA-256: 8aaa3f8f5f43cc93be252228e46aca268f9397bddacfa70014a000f6adff2aa7
x86_64
firefox-78.4.0-2.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: fd32dbccc1f1c5080b48495f7bd2cedd36d1dc96af37c93b1a4d79c32acd349f
firefox-78.4.0-2.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b230c52a9d2f36fc73eaa14335f6dee77f324a5add0d02e9975f1de3b5b9b009
firefox-debuginfo-78.4.0-2.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 6b395047a4be760ca5d763d051a13ebde6fcfafd1bb7426d241a1649ae7f245c
i386
firefox-78.4.0-2.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: fd32dbccc1f1c5080b48495f7bd2cedd36d1dc96af37c93b1a4d79c32acd349f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6

SRPM
firefox-78.4.0-2.el6_10.src.rpm SHA-256: 8aaa3f8f5f43cc93be252228e46aca268f9397bddacfa70014a000f6adff2aa7
s390x
firefox-78.4.0-2.el6_10.s390x.rpm SHA-256: dc28293646c43c9692ed270c69ed085f54ea4797f903f25337d81724b5f589d6
firefox-debuginfo-78.4.0-2.el6_10.s390x.rpm SHA-256: bff9f21d374c874d253ff76b27b86c2614fd8e84595bd0af6a0d47bcc6ee514f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
firefox-78.4.0-2.el6_10.src.rpm SHA-256: 8aaa3f8f5f43cc93be252228e46aca268f9397bddacfa70014a000f6adff2aa7
ppc64
firefox-78.4.0-2.el6_10.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 908151503b3d861e6368a6db904d0d506c923b0648591cddd02061ab02365448
firefox-debuginfo-78.4.0-2.el6_10.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 81aaaefa47dcac5de31d3e68f7945c5681de6ddf96b6978e4f5c2cacfb4c37f9

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
firefox-78.4.0-2.el6_10.src.rpm SHA-256: 8aaa3f8f5f43cc93be252228e46aca268f9397bddacfa70014a000f6adff2aa7
x86_64
firefox-78.4.0-2.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: fd32dbccc1f1c5080b48495f7bd2cedd36d1dc96af37c93b1a4d79c32acd349f
firefox-78.4.0-2.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b230c52a9d2f36fc73eaa14335f6dee77f324a5add0d02e9975f1de3b5b9b009
firefox-debuginfo-78.4.0-2.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 6b395047a4be760ca5d763d051a13ebde6fcfafd1bb7426d241a1649ae7f245c

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

SRPM
firefox-78.4.0-2.el6_10.src.rpm SHA-256: 8aaa3f8f5f43cc93be252228e46aca268f9397bddacfa70014a000f6adff2aa7
s390x
firefox-78.4.0-2.el6_10.s390x.rpm SHA-256: dc28293646c43c9692ed270c69ed085f54ea4797f903f25337d81724b5f589d6
firefox-debuginfo-78.4.0-2.el6_10.s390x.rpm SHA-256: bff9f21d374c874d253ff76b27b86c2614fd8e84595bd0af6a0d47bcc6ee514f

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