RedHat: RHSA-2019-0219:01 Critical: firefox security update
Summary
Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards
compliance, performance, and portability.
This update upgrades Firefox to version 60.5.0 ESR.
Security Fix(es):
* Mozilla: Use-after-free parsing HTML5 stream (CVE-2018-18500)
* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 65 and Firefox ESR 60.5
(CVE-2018-18501)
* Mozilla: Privilege escalation through IPC channel messages
(CVE-2018-18505)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in
the References section.
Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting these issues.
Upstream acknowledges Yaniv Frank (SophosLabs), Alex Gaynor, Christoph
Diehl, Steven Crane, Jason Kratzer, Gary Kwong, Christian Holler, and Jed
Davis as the original reporters.
Summary
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.
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-18500 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-18501 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-18505 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source:
firefox-60.5.0-2.el7.src.rpm
x86_64:
firefox-60.5.0-2.el7.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-60.5.0-2.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64:
firefox-60.5.0-2.el7.i686.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-60.5.0-2.el7.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source:
firefox-60.5.0-2.el7.src.rpm
ppc64:
firefox-60.5.0-2.el7.ppc64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-60.5.0-2.el7.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le:
firefox-60.5.0-2.el7.ppc64le.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-60.5.0-2.el7.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
firefox-60.5.0-2.el7.s390x.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-60.5.0-2.el7.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
firefox-60.5.0-2.el7.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-60.5.0-2.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7):
Source:
firefox-60.5.0-2.el7.src.rpm
aarch64:
firefox-60.5.0-2.el7.aarch64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-60.5.0-2.el7.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le:
firefox-60.5.0-2.el7.ppc64le.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-60.5.0-2.el7.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
firefox-60.5.0-2.el7.s390x.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-60.5.0-2.el7.s390x.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7):
x86_64:
firefox-60.5.0-2.el7.i686.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-60.5.0-2.el7.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):
Source:
firefox-60.5.0-2.el7.src.rpm
x86_64:
firefox-60.5.0-2.el7.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-60.5.0-2.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7):
x86_64:
firefox-60.5.0-2.el7.i686.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-60.5.0-2.el7.i686.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/
Topic
An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Critical. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x
Bugs Fixed
1670631 - CVE-2018-18500 Mozilla: Use-after-free parsing HTML5 stream
1670632 - CVE-2018-18501 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 65 and Firefox ESR 60.5
1670633 - CVE-2018-18505 Mozilla: Privilege escalation through IPC channel messages