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Posted on 04 September 2023
RedHat===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: firefox security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:4958-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:4958
Issue date: 2023-09-04
CVE Names: CVE-2023-4051 CVE-2023-4053 CVE-2023-4573
CVE-2023-4574 CVE-2023-4575 CVE-2023-4577
CVE-2023-4578 CVE-2023-4580 CVE-2023-4581
CVE-2023-4583 CVE-2023-4584 CVE-2023-4585
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1. Summary:
An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
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. 9) - 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 102.15.0 ESR.
Security Fix(es):
* Mozilla: Memory corruption in IPC CanvasTranslator (CVE-2023-4573)
* Mozilla: Memory corruption in IPC ColorPickerShownCallback
(CVE-2023-4574)
* Mozilla: Memory corruption in IPC FilePickerShownCallback (CVE-2023-4575)
* Mozilla: Memory corruption in JIT UpdateRegExpStatics (CVE-2023-4577)
* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 117, Firefox ESR 102.15,
Firefox ESR 115.2, Thunderbird 102.15, and Thunderbird 115.2
(CVE-2023-4584)
* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 117, Firefox ESR 115.2, and
Thunderbird 115.2 (CVE-2023-4585)
* Mozilla: Full screen notification obscured by file open dialog
(CVE-2023-4051)
* Mozilla: Full screen notification obscured by external program
(CVE-2023-4053)
* Mozilla: Error reporting methods in SpiderMonkey could have triggered an
Out of Memory Exception (CVE-2023-4578)
* Mozilla: Push notifications saved to disk unencrypted (CVE-2023-4580)
* Mozilla: XLL file extensions were downloadable without warnings
(CVE-2023-4581)
* Mozilla: Browsing Context potentially not cleared when closing Private
Window (CVE-2023-4583)
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/):
2236071 - CVE-2023-4573 Mozilla: Memory corruption in IPC CanvasTranslator
2236072 - CVE-2023-4574 Mozilla: Memory corruption in IPC ColorPickerShownCallback
2236073 - CVE-2023-4575 Mozilla: Memory corruption in IPC FilePickerShownCallback
2236075 - CVE-2023-4577 Mozilla: Memory corruption in JIT UpdateRegExpStatics
2236076 - CVE-2023-4051 Mozilla: Full screen notification obscured by file open dialog
2236077 - CVE-2023-4578 Mozilla: Error reporting methods in SpiderMonkey could have triggered an Out of Memory Exception
2236078 - CVE-2023-4053 Mozilla: Full screen notification obscured by external program
2236079 - CVE-2023-4580 Mozilla: Push notifications saved to disk unencrypted
2236080 - CVE-2023-4581 Mozilla: XLL file extensions were downloadable without warnings
2236082 - CVE-2023-4583 Mozilla: Browsing Context potentially not cleared when closing Private Window
2236084 - CVE-2023-4584 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 117, Firefox ESR 102.15, Firefox ESR 115.2, Thunderbird 102.15, and Thunderbird 115.2
2236086 - CVE-2023-4585 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 117, Firefox ESR 115.2, and Thunderbird 115.2
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9):
Source:
firefox-102.15.0-1.el9_2.src.rpm
aarch64:
firefox-102.15.0-1.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-102.15.0-1.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
firefox-debugsource-102.15.0-1.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
firefox-x11-102.15.0-1.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le:
firefox-102.15.0-1.el9_2.ppc64le.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-102.15.0-1.el9_2.ppc64le.rpm
firefox-debugsource-102.15.0-1.el9_2.ppc64le.rpm
firefox-x11-102.15.0-1.el9_2.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
firefox-102.15.0-1.el9_2.s390x.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-102.15.0-1.el9_2.s390x.rpm
firefox-debugsource-102.15.0-1.el9_2.s390x.rpm
firefox-x11-102.15.0-1.el9_2.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
firefox-102.15.0-1.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-102.15.0-1.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debugsource-102.15.0-1.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
firefox-x11-102.15.0-1.el9_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-2023-4051
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4053
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4573
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4574
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4575
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4577
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4578
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4580
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4581
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4583
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4584
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4585
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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