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RedHat===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Critical: firefox security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:2663-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2663
Issue date: 2019-09-04
CVE Names: CVE-2019-9812 CVE-2019-11735 CVE-2019-11738
CVE-2019-11740 CVE-2019-11742 CVE-2019-11743
CVE-2019-11744 CVE-2019-11746 CVE-2019-11747
CVE-2019-11748 CVE-2019-11749 CVE-2019-11750
CVE-2019-11752
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1. Summary:
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 Critical. 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.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
3. Description:
Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards
compliance, performance, and portability.
This update upgrades Firefox to version 68.1.0 ESR.
Security Fix(es):
* Mozilla: Sandbox escape through Firefox Sync (CVE-2019-9812)
* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 69 and Firefox ESR 68.1
(CVE-2019-11735)
* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 69, Firefox ESR 68.1, and
Firefox ESR 60.9 (CVE-2019-11740)
* Mozilla: Same-origin policy violation with SVG filters and canvas to
steal cross-origin images (CVE-2019-11742)
* Mozilla: XSS by breaking out of title and textarea elements using
innerHTML (CVE-2019-11744)
* Mozilla: Use-after-free while manipulating video (CVE-2019-11746)
* Mozilla: Use-after-free while extracting a key value in IndexedDB
(CVE-2019-11752)
* Mozilla: Cross-origin access to unload event attributes (CVE-2019-11743)
* Mozilla: Persistence of WebRTC permissions in a third party context
(CVE-2019-11748)
* Mozilla: Camera information available without prompting using
getUserMedia (CVE-2019-11749)
* Mozilla: Type confusion in Spidermonkey (CVE-2019-11750)
* Mozilla: Content security policy bypass through hash-based sources in
directives (CVE-2019-11738)
* Mozilla: 'Forget about this site' removes sites from pre-loaded HSTS list
(CVE-2019-11747)
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.
4. 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.
5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
1748652 - CVE-2019-11740 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 69, Firefox ESR 68.1, and Firefox ESR 60.9
1748653 - CVE-2019-11742 Mozilla: Same-origin policy violation with SVG filters and canvas to steal cross-origin images
1748654 - CVE-2019-11743 Mozilla: Cross-origin access to unload event attributes
1748655 - CVE-2019-11744 Mozilla: XSS by breaking out of title and textarea elements using innerHTML
1748656 - CVE-2019-11746 Mozilla: Use-after-free while manipulating video
1748657 - CVE-2019-11752 Mozilla: Use-after-free while extracting a key value in IndexedDB
1748660 - CVE-2019-9812 Mozilla: Sandbox escape through Firefox Sync
1748661 - CVE-2019-11735 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 69 and Firefox ESR 68.1
1748663 - CVE-2019-11738 Mozilla: Content security policy bypass through hash-based sources in directives
1748664 - CVE-2019-11747 Mozilla: 'Forget about this site' removes sites from pre-loaded HSTS list
1748665 - CVE-2019-11748 Mozilla: Persistence of WebRTC permissions in a third party context
1748666 - CVE-2019-11749 Mozilla: Camera information available without prompting using getUserMedia
1748667 - CVE-2019-11750 Mozilla: Type confusion in Spidermonkey
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
Source:
firefox-68.1.0-1.el8_0.src.rpm
aarch64:
firefox-68.1.0-1.el8_0.aarch64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-68.1.0-1.el8_0.aarch64.rpm
firefox-debugsource-68.1.0-1.el8_0.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le:
firefox-68.1.0-1.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-68.1.0-1.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm
firefox-debugsource-68.1.0-1.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
firefox-68.1.0-1.el8_0.s390x.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-68.1.0-1.el8_0.s390x.rpm
firefox-debugsource-68.1.0-1.el8_0.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
firefox-68.1.0-1.el8_0.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-68.1.0-1.el8_0.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debugsource-68.1.0-1.el8_0.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
7. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-9812
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11735
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11738
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11740
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11742
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11743
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11744
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11746
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11747
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11748
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11749
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11750
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11752
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2019-26/
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2019 Red Hat, Inc.
