RHSA-2022:1705 - 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 91.9.0 ESR.

Security Fix(es):

• Mozilla: Bypassing permission prompt in nested browsing contexts (CVE-2022-29909)
• Mozilla: iframe Sandbox bypass (CVE-2022-29911)
• Mozilla: Fullscreen notification bypass using popups (CVE-2022-29914)
• Mozilla: Leaking browser history with CSS variables (CVE-2022-29916)
• Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 100 and Firefox ESR 91.9 (CVE-2022-29917)
• Mozilla: Reader mode bypassed SameSite cookies (CVE-2022-29912)

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 - 2081468 - CVE-2022-29914 Mozilla: Fullscreen notification bypass using popups
• BZ - 2081469 - CVE-2022-29909 Mozilla: Bypassing permission prompt in nested browsing contexts
• BZ - 2081470 - CVE-2022-29916 Mozilla: Leaking browser history with CSS variables
• BZ - 2081471 - CVE-2022-29911 Mozilla: iframe Sandbox bypass
• BZ - 2081472 - CVE-2022-29912 Mozilla: Reader mode bypassed SameSite cookies
• BZ - 2081473 - CVE-2022-29917 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 100 and Firefox ESR 91.9

CVEs

• CVE-2022-29909
• CVE-2022-29911
• CVE-2022-29912
• CVE-2022-29914
• CVE-2022-29916
• CVE-2022-29917

References

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