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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:6186 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2023-10-30
Updated:
2023-10-30

RHSA-2023:6186 - 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 8.6 Extended Update Support.

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 115.4.0 ESR.

Security Fix(es):

  • Mozilla: Queued up rendering could have allowed websites to clickjack (CVE-2023-5721)
  • Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 119, Firefox ESR 115.4, and Thunderbird 115.4 (CVE-2023-5730)
  • libvpx: crash related to VP9 encoding in libvpx (CVE-2023-44488)
  • Mozilla: Large WebGL draw could have led to a crash (CVE-2023-5724)
  • Mozilla: WebExtensions could open arbitrary URLs (CVE-2023-5725)
  • Mozilla: Improper object tracking during GC in the JavaScript engine could have led to a crash. (CVE-2023-5728)
  • Mozilla: Address bar spoofing via bidirectional characters (CVE-2023-5732)

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 8.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.6 s390x
  • 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 - 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 - 2241806 - CVE-2023-44488 libvpx: crash related to VP9 encoding in libvpx
  • BZ - 2245896 - CVE-2023-5721 Mozilla: Queued up rendering could have allowed websites to clickjack
  • BZ - 2245898 - CVE-2023-5732 Mozilla: Address bar spoofing via bidirectional characters
  • BZ - 2245899 - CVE-2023-5724 Mozilla: Large WebGL draw could have led to a crash
  • BZ - 2245900 - CVE-2023-5725 Mozilla: WebExtensions could open arbitrary URLs
  • BZ - 2245903 - CVE-2023-5728 Mozilla: Improper object tracking during GC in the JavaScript engine could have led to a crash.
  • BZ - 2245906 - CVE-2023-5730 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 119, Firefox ESR 115.4, and Thunderbird 115.4

CVEs

  • CVE-2023-5721
  • CVE-2023-5724
  • CVE-2023-5725
  • CVE-2023-5728
  • CVE-2023-5730
  • CVE-2023-5732
  • CVE-2023-44488

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 for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.6

SRPM
firefox-115.4.0-1.el8_6.src.rpm SHA-256: bdb7a78894e84fd27c4658ee2156236616e1eba86ea7a58de937553660977a9c
x86_64
firefox-115.4.0-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d35caa428e1c99a36a5837135c1a17444313fcc00eac5df2c1d723af4bf6ac77
firefox-debuginfo-115.4.0-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ca39f28b0bb6cd6acbb801db5b0e86181fff30518667b77686c1917e089ad3c6
firefox-debugsource-115.4.0-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5ff03661f21536f2c08790256ee7c5d6b9a1f49f63e254d3335e99e5d649d050

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.6

SRPM
firefox-115.4.0-1.el8_6.src.rpm SHA-256: bdb7a78894e84fd27c4658ee2156236616e1eba86ea7a58de937553660977a9c
x86_64
firefox-115.4.0-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d35caa428e1c99a36a5837135c1a17444313fcc00eac5df2c1d723af4bf6ac77
firefox-debuginfo-115.4.0-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ca39f28b0bb6cd6acbb801db5b0e86181fff30518667b77686c1917e089ad3c6
firefox-debugsource-115.4.0-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5ff03661f21536f2c08790256ee7c5d6b9a1f49f63e254d3335e99e5d649d050

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.6

SRPM
firefox-115.4.0-1.el8_6.src.rpm SHA-256: bdb7a78894e84fd27c4658ee2156236616e1eba86ea7a58de937553660977a9c
s390x
firefox-115.4.0-1.el8_6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 13a5d558729ce6c05c44b8f756758743e3e34a536d71a7a9af48ebb4841de641
firefox-debuginfo-115.4.0-1.el8_6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 1a2e406afb30d49fdec4b2f594b6010d54afb663af2bd7d68ded776bd08e5d44
firefox-debugsource-115.4.0-1.el8_6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: caa5c9c657056bcf42231098d30fc4be7dd2cd0b26026b2410f75dad94084712

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.6

SRPM
firefox-115.4.0-1.el8_6.src.rpm SHA-256: bdb7a78894e84fd27c4658ee2156236616e1eba86ea7a58de937553660977a9c
ppc64le
firefox-115.4.0-1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 2ae2af09b8bc9923c34e1dc2dc2922dac9da3ae24f7bd8c953e7d53812194e25
firefox-debuginfo-115.4.0-1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 05de289066c35d1e633c31079155457764bb21ae1b5ccb72f602363c26a5951a
firefox-debugsource-115.4.0-1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 776b06cdea8a30e3f331bf5913f6d17ace96eacefc62312832f51de46452d882

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.6

SRPM
firefox-115.4.0-1.el8_6.src.rpm SHA-256: bdb7a78894e84fd27c4658ee2156236616e1eba86ea7a58de937553660977a9c
x86_64
firefox-115.4.0-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d35caa428e1c99a36a5837135c1a17444313fcc00eac5df2c1d723af4bf6ac77
firefox-debuginfo-115.4.0-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ca39f28b0bb6cd6acbb801db5b0e86181fff30518667b77686c1917e089ad3c6
firefox-debugsource-115.4.0-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5ff03661f21536f2c08790256ee7c5d6b9a1f49f63e254d3335e99e5d649d050

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.6

SRPM
firefox-115.4.0-1.el8_6.src.rpm SHA-256: bdb7a78894e84fd27c4658ee2156236616e1eba86ea7a58de937553660977a9c
aarch64
firefox-115.4.0-1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: fc619c697d2585cd66966102edf05bc57f42a860823c99dccf706f814e617daa
firefox-debuginfo-115.4.0-1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 2f94375f5121cb9af156d6a82f0b45ace3ac8dc43e9e92a9eafe8cb3322bbb2e
firefox-debugsource-115.4.0-1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 8659fea088dd9226274f0c5aa4f7e44d4bc2f291c9bc148e67cdbbca20775d65

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.6

SRPM
firefox-115.4.0-1.el8_6.src.rpm SHA-256: bdb7a78894e84fd27c4658ee2156236616e1eba86ea7a58de937553660977a9c
ppc64le
firefox-115.4.0-1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 2ae2af09b8bc9923c34e1dc2dc2922dac9da3ae24f7bd8c953e7d53812194e25
firefox-debuginfo-115.4.0-1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 05de289066c35d1e633c31079155457764bb21ae1b5ccb72f602363c26a5951a
firefox-debugsource-115.4.0-1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 776b06cdea8a30e3f331bf5913f6d17ace96eacefc62312832f51de46452d882

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.6

SRPM
firefox-115.4.0-1.el8_6.src.rpm SHA-256: bdb7a78894e84fd27c4658ee2156236616e1eba86ea7a58de937553660977a9c
x86_64
firefox-115.4.0-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d35caa428e1c99a36a5837135c1a17444313fcc00eac5df2c1d723af4bf6ac77
firefox-debuginfo-115.4.0-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ca39f28b0bb6cd6acbb801db5b0e86181fff30518667b77686c1917e089ad3c6
firefox-debugsource-115.4.0-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5ff03661f21536f2c08790256ee7c5d6b9a1f49f63e254d3335e99e5d649d050

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