RedHat: RHSA-2023-5434:01 Important: 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 115.3.1 ESR.
Security Fix(es):
* firefox: use-after-free in workers (CVE-2023-3600)
* Mozilla: Out-of-bounds write in PathOps (CVE-2023-5169)
* Mozilla: Use-after-free in Ion Compiler (CVE-2023-5171)
* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 118, Firefox ESR 115.3, and
Thunderbird 115.3 (CVE-2023-5176)
* libvpx: Heap buffer overflow in vp8 encoding in libvpx (CVE-2023-5217)
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.
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-2023-3600 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5169 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5171 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5176 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5217 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9):
Source:
firefox-115.3.1-1.el9_2.src.rpm
aarch64:
firefox-115.3.1-1.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-115.3.1-1.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
firefox-debugsource-115.3.1-1.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
firefox-x11-115.3.1-1.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le:
firefox-115.3.1-1.el9_2.ppc64le.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-115.3.1-1.el9_2.ppc64le.rpm
firefox-debugsource-115.3.1-1.el9_2.ppc64le.rpm
firefox-x11-115.3.1-1.el9_2.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
firefox-115.3.1-1.el9_2.s390x.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-115.3.1-1.el9_2.s390x.rpm
firefox-debugsource-115.3.1-1.el9_2.s390x.rpm
firefox-x11-115.3.1-1.el9_2.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
firefox-115.3.1-1.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-115.3.1-1.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debugsource-115.3.1-1.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
firefox-x11-115.3.1-1.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/
Topic
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 impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Bugs Fixed
2222652 - CVE-2023-3600 firefox: use-after-free in workers
2240893 - CVE-2023-5169 Mozilla: Out-of-bounds write in PathOps
2240894 - CVE-2023-5171 Mozilla: Use-after-free in Ion Compiler
2240896 - CVE-2023-5176 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 118, Firefox ESR 115.3, and Thunderbird 115.3
2241191 - CVE-2023-5217 libvpx: Heap buffer overflow in vp8 encoding in libvpx