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Posted on 15 December 2022
RedHat===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: firefox security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:9070-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:9070
Issue date: 2022-12-15
CVE Names: CVE-2022-46872 CVE-2022-46874 CVE-2022-46878
CVE-2022-46880 CVE-2022-46881 CVE-2022-46882
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1. Summary:
An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2
Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications
Update Service, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 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.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v. 8.2) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.2) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v. 8.2) - 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 102.6.0 ESR.
Security Fix(es):
* Mozilla: Arbitrary file read from a compromised content process
(CVE-2022-46872)
* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 102.6 and Thunderbird
102.6 (CVE-2022-46878)
* Mozilla: Use-after-free in WebGL (CVE-2022-46880)
* Mozilla: Memory corruption in WebGL (CVE-2022-46881)
* Mozilla: Drag and Dropped Filenames could have been truncated to
malicious extensions (CVE-2022-46874)
* Mozilla: Use-after-free in WebGL (CVE-2022-46882)
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/):
2153441 - CVE-2022-46872 Mozilla: Arbitrary file read from a compromised content process
2153449 - CVE-2022-46874 Mozilla: Drag and Dropped Filenames could have been truncated to malicious extensions
2153454 - CVE-2022-46878 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 102.6 and Thunderbird 102.6
2153463 - CVE-2022-46880 Mozilla: Use-after-free in WebGL
2153466 - CVE-2022-46881 Mozilla: Memory corruption in WebGL
2153467 - CVE-2022-46882 Mozilla: Use-after-free in WebGL
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v. 8.2):
Source:
firefox-102.6.0-1.el8_2.src.rpm
aarch64:
firefox-102.6.0-1.el8_2.aarch64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-102.6.0-1.el8_2.aarch64.rpm
firefox-debugsource-102.6.0-1.el8_2.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le:
firefox-102.6.0-1.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-102.6.0-1.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
firefox-debugsource-102.6.0-1.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
firefox-102.6.0-1.el8_2.s390x.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-102.6.0-1.el8_2.s390x.rpm
firefox-debugsource-102.6.0-1.el8_2.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
firefox-102.6.0-1.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-102.6.0-1.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debugsource-102.6.0-1.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.2):
Source:
firefox-102.6.0-1.el8_2.src.rpm
aarch64:
firefox-102.6.0-1.el8_2.aarch64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-102.6.0-1.el8_2.aarch64.rpm
firefox-debugsource-102.6.0-1.el8_2.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le:
firefox-102.6.0-1.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-102.6.0-1.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
firefox-debugsource-102.6.0-1.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
firefox-102.6.0-1.el8_2.s390x.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-102.6.0-1.el8_2.s390x.rpm
firefox-debugsource-102.6.0-1.el8_2.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
firefox-102.6.0-1.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-102.6.0-1.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debugsource-102.6.0-1.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v. 8.2):
Source:
firefox-102.6.0-1.el8_2.src.rpm
aarch64:
firefox-102.6.0-1.el8_2.aarch64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-102.6.0-1.el8_2.aarch64.rpm
firefox-debugsource-102.6.0-1.el8_2.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le:
firefox-102.6.0-1.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-102.6.0-1.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
firefox-debugsource-102.6.0-1.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
firefox-102.6.0-1.el8_2.s390x.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-102.6.0-1.el8_2.s390x.rpm
firefox-debugsource-102.6.0-1.el8_2.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
firefox-102.6.0-1.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-102.6.0-1.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debugsource-102.6.0-1.el8_2.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-2022-46872
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-46874
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-46878
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-46880
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-46881
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-46882
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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