RHSA-2021:5013 - Security Advisory

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 91.4.0 ESR.

Security Fix(es):

• Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 95 and Firefox ESR 91.4
• Mozilla: URL leakage when navigating while executing asynchronous function (CVE-2021-43536)
• Mozilla: Heap buffer overflow when using structured clone (CVE-2021-43537)
• Mozilla: Missing fullscreen and pointer lock notification when requesting both (CVE-2021-43538)
• Mozilla: GC rooting failure when calling wasm instance methods (CVE-2021-43539)
• Mozilla: External protocol handler parameters were unescaped (CVE-2021-43541)
• Mozilla: XMLHttpRequest error codes could have leaked the existence of an external protocol handler (CVE-2021-43542)
• Mozilla: Bypass of CSP sandbox directive when embedding (CVE-2021-43543)
• Mozilla: Denial of Service when using the Location API in a loop (CVE-2021-43545)
• Mozilla: Cursor spoofing could overlay user interface when native cursor is zoomed (CVE-2021-43546)

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 8.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.6 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.6 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.6 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.6 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 2030105 - CVE-2021-43536 Mozilla: URL leakage when navigating while executing asynchronous function
• BZ - 2030106 - CVE-2021-43537 Mozilla: Heap buffer overflow when using structured clone
• BZ - 2030109 - CVE-2021-43538 Mozilla: Missing fullscreen and pointer lock notification when requesting both
• BZ - 2030110 - CVE-2021-43539 Mozilla: GC rooting failure when calling wasm instance methods
• BZ - 2030111 - CVE-2021-43541 Mozilla: External protocol handler parameters were unescaped
• BZ - 2030112 - CVE-2021-43542 Mozilla: XMLHttpRequest error codes could have leaked the existence of an external protocol handler
• BZ - 2030113 - CVE-2021-43543 Mozilla: Bypass of CSP sandbox directive when embedding
• BZ - 2030114 - CVE-2021-43545 Mozilla: Denial of Service when using the Location API in a loop
• BZ - 2030115 - CVE-2021-43546 Mozilla: Cursor spoofing could overlay user interface when native cursor is zoomed
• BZ - 2030116 - Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 95 and Firefox ESR 91.4

CVEs

• CVE-2021-43536
• CVE-2021-43537
• CVE-2021-43538
• CVE-2021-43539
• CVE-2021-43541
• CVE-2021-43542
• CVE-2021-43543
• CVE-2021-43545
• CVE-2021-43546

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important