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Posted on 17 May 2023
RedHat===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: firefox security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:3141-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3141
Issue date: 2023-05-16
CVE Names: CVE-2023-32205 CVE-2023-32206 CVE-2023-32207
CVE-2023-32211 CVE-2023-32212 CVE-2023-32213
CVE-2023-32215
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1. Summary:
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.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.6) - 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 102.11.0 ESR.
Security Fix(es):
* Mozilla: Browser prompts could have been obscured by popups
(CVE-2023-32205)
* Mozilla: Crash in RLBox Expat driver (CVE-2023-32206)
* Mozilla: Potential permissions request bypass via clickjacking
(CVE-2023-32207)
* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 113 and Firefox ESR 102.11
(CVE-2023-32215)
* Mozilla: Content process crash due to invalid wasm code (CVE-2023-32211)
* Mozilla: Potential spoof due to obscured address bar (CVE-2023-32212)
* Mozilla: Potential memory corruption in FileReader::DoReadData()
(CVE-2023-32213)
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/):
2196736 - CVE-2023-32205 Mozilla: Browser prompts could have been obscured by popups
2196737 - CVE-2023-32206 Mozilla: Crash in RLBox Expat driver
2196738 - CVE-2023-32207 Mozilla: Potential permissions request bypass via clickjacking
2196740 - CVE-2023-32211 Mozilla: Content process crash due to invalid wasm code
2196741 - CVE-2023-32212 Mozilla: Potential spoof due to obscured address bar
2196742 - CVE-2023-32213 Mozilla: Potential memory corruption in FileReader::DoReadData()
2196753 - CVE-2023-32215 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 113 and Firefox ESR 102.11
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.6):
Source:
firefox-102.11.0-2.el8_6.src.rpm
aarch64:
firefox-102.11.0-2.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-102.11.0-2.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
firefox-debugsource-102.11.0-2.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le:
firefox-102.11.0-2.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-102.11.0-2.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
firefox-debugsource-102.11.0-2.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
firefox-102.11.0-2.el8_6.s390x.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-102.11.0-2.el8_6.s390x.rpm
firefox-debugsource-102.11.0-2.el8_6.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
firefox-102.11.0-2.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-102.11.0-2.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debugsource-102.11.0-2.el8_6.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-2023-32205
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-32206
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-32207
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-32211
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-32212
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-32213
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-32215
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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