RHSA-2023:4075 - Security Advisory

Topic

An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions.

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 102.13.0 ESR.

Security Fix(es):

• Mozilla: Use-after-free in WebRTC certificate generation (CVE-2023-37201)
• Mozilla: Potential use-after-free from compartment mismatch in SpiderMonkey (CVE-2023-37202)
• Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 115, Firefox ESR 102.13, and Thunderbird 102.13 (CVE-2023-37211)
• Mozilla: Fullscreen notification obscured (CVE-2023-37207)
• Mozilla: Lack of warning when opening Diagcab files (CVE-2023-37208)

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 - Extended Update Support Extension 8.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.4 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.4 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 2219747 - CVE-2023-37201 Mozilla: Use-after-free in WebRTC certificate generation
• BZ - 2219748 - CVE-2023-37202 Mozilla: Potential use-after-free from compartment mismatch in SpiderMonkey
• BZ - 2219749 - CVE-2023-37207 Mozilla: Fullscreen notification obscured
• BZ - 2219750 - CVE-2023-37208 Mozilla: Lack of warning when opening Diagcab files
• BZ - 2219751 - CVE-2023-37211 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 115, Firefox ESR 102.13, and Thunderbird 102.13

CVEs

• CVE-2023-37201
• CVE-2023-37202
• CVE-2023-37207
• CVE-2023-37208
• CVE-2023-37211

References

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