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Posted on 21 November 2022
RedHat===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: firefox security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:8554-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8554
Issue date: 2022-11-21
CVE Names: CVE-2022-45403 CVE-2022-45404 CVE-2022-45405
CVE-2022-45406 CVE-2022-45408 CVE-2022-45409
CVE-2022-45410 CVE-2022-45411 CVE-2022-45412
CVE-2022-45416 CVE-2022-45418 CVE-2022-45420
CVE-2022-45421
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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 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.
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 102.5.0 ESR.
Security Fix(es):
* Mozilla: Service Workers might have learned size of cross-origin media
files (CVE-2022-45403)
* Mozilla: Fullscreen notification bypass (CVE-2022-45404)
* Mozilla: Use-after-free in InputStream implementation (CVE-2022-45405)
* Mozilla: Use-after-free of a JavaScript Realm (CVE-2022-45406)
* Mozilla: Fullscreen notification bypass via windowName (CVE-2022-45408)
* Mozilla: Use-after-free in Garbage Collection (CVE-2022-45409)
* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 107 and Firefox ESR 102.5
(CVE-2022-45421)
* Mozilla: ServiceWorker-intercepted requests bypassed SameSite cookie
policy (CVE-2022-45410)
* Mozilla: Cross-Site Tracing was possible via non-standard override
headers (CVE-2022-45411)
* Mozilla: Symlinks may resolve to partially uninitialized buffers
(CVE-2022-45412)
* Mozilla: Keystroke Side-Channel Leakage (CVE-2022-45416)
* Mozilla: Custom mouse cursor could have been drawn over browser UI
(CVE-2022-45418)
* Mozilla: Iframe contents could be rendered outside the iframe
(CVE-2022-45420)
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/):
2143197 - CVE-2022-45403 Mozilla: Service Workers might have learned size of cross-origin media files
2143198 - CVE-2022-45404 Mozilla: Fullscreen notification bypass
2143199 - CVE-2022-45405 Mozilla: Use-after-free in InputStream implementation
2143200 - CVE-2022-45406 Mozilla: Use-after-free of a JavaScript Realm
2143201 - CVE-2022-45408 Mozilla: Fullscreen notification bypass via windowName
2143202 - CVE-2022-45409 Mozilla: Use-after-free in Garbage Collection
2143203 - CVE-2022-45410 Mozilla: ServiceWorker-intercepted requests bypassed SameSite cookie policy
2143204 - CVE-2022-45411 Mozilla: Cross-Site Tracing was possible via non-standard override headers
2143205 - CVE-2022-45412 Mozilla: Symlinks may resolve to partially uninitialized buffers
2143240 - CVE-2022-45416 Mozilla: Keystroke Side-Channel Leakage
2143241 - CVE-2022-45418 Mozilla: Custom mouse cursor could have been drawn over browser UI
2143242 - CVE-2022-45420 Mozilla: Iframe contents could be rendered outside the iframe
2143243 - CVE-2022-45421 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 107 and Firefox ESR 102.5
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
Source:
firefox-102.5.0-1.el8_7.src.rpm
aarch64:
firefox-102.5.0-1.el8_7.aarch64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-102.5.0-1.el8_7.aarch64.rpm
firefox-debugsource-102.5.0-1.el8_7.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le:
firefox-102.5.0-1.el8_7.ppc64le.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-102.5.0-1.el8_7.ppc64le.rpm
firefox-debugsource-102.5.0-1.el8_7.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
firefox-102.5.0-1.el8_7.s390x.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-102.5.0-1.el8_7.s390x.rpm
firefox-debugsource-102.5.0-1.el8_7.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
firefox-102.5.0-1.el8_7.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-102.5.0-1.el8_7.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debugsource-102.5.0-1.el8_7.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-2022-45403
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-45404
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-45405
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-45406
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-45408
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-45409
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-45410
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-45411
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-45412
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-45416
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-45418
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-45420
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-45421
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
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