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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Critical: firefox security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2018:2692-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2692
Issue date: 2018-09-12
CVE Names: CVE-2017-16541 CVE-2018-12376 CVE-2018-12377
CVE-2018-12378 CVE-2018-12379
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1. Summary:
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 impact
of Critical. 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 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
3. Description:
Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards
compliance, performance, and portability.
This update upgrades Firefox to version 60.2.0 ESR.
Security Fix(es):
* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 62 and Firefox ESR 60.2
(CVE-2018-12376)
* Mozilla: Use-after-free in driver timers (CVE-2018-12377)
* Mozilla: Use-after-free in IndexedDB (CVE-2018-12378)
* Mozilla: Proxy bypass using automount and autofs (CVE-2017-16541)
* Mozilla: Out-of-bounds write with malicious MAR file (CVE-2018-12379)
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 Alex Gaynor, Boris Zbarsky, Christoph Diehl,
Christian Holler, Jason Kratzer, Jed Davis, Tyson Smith, Bogdan Tara, Karl
Tomlinson, Mats Palmgren, Nika Layzell, Ted Campbell, Nils, Zhanjia Song,
and Holger Fuhrmannek as the original reporters.
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/):
1510816 - CVE-2017-16541 Mozilla: Proxy bypass using automount and autofs
1625525 - CVE-2018-12376 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 62 and Firefox ESR 60.2
1625526 - CVE-2018-12377 Mozilla: Use-after-free in driver timers
1625527 - CVE-2018-12378 Mozilla: Use-after-free in IndexedDB
1625528 - CVE-2018-12379 Mozilla: Out-of-bounds write with malicious MAR file
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source:
firefox-60.2.0-1.el7_5.src.rpm
x86_64:
firefox-60.2.0-1.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-60.2.0-1.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64:
firefox-60.2.0-1.el7_5.i686.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-60.2.0-1.el7_5.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source:
firefox-60.2.0-1.el7_5.src.rpm
ppc64:
firefox-60.2.0-1.el7_5.ppc64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-60.2.0-1.el7_5.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le:
firefox-60.2.0-1.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-60.2.0-1.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
firefox-60.2.0-1.el7_5.s390x.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-60.2.0-1.el7_5.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
firefox-60.2.0-1.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-60.2.0-1.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7):
Source:
firefox-60.2.0-1.el7_5.src.rpm
aarch64:
firefox-60.2.0-1.el7_5.aarch64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-60.2.0-1.el7_5.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le:
firefox-60.2.0-1.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-60.2.0-1.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
firefox-60.2.0-1.el7_5.s390x.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-60.2.0-1.el7_5.s390x.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7):
x86_64:
firefox-60.2.0-1.el7_5.i686.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-60.2.0-1.el7_5.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):
Source:
firefox-60.2.0-1.el7_5.src.rpm
x86_64:
firefox-60.2.0-1.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-60.2.0-1.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7):
x86_64:
firefox-60.2.0-1.el7_5.i686.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-60.2.0-1.el7_5.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/
7. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-16541
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12376
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12377
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12378
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12379
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-20/
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2018 Red Hat, Inc.
