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RHSA-2023:5184: Red Hat Security Advisory: firefox security update
An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. 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.This content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). If you distribute this content, or a modified version of it, you must provide attribution to Red Hat Inc. and provide a link to the original.
Related CVEs:
- CVE-2023-4863: A heap-based buffer flaw was found in the way libwebp, a library used to process “WebP” image format data, processes certain specially formatted WebP images. An attacker could use this flaw to crash or execute remotely arbitrary code in an application such as a web browser compiled with this library.
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Issued:
2023-09-18
Updated:
2023-09-18
RHSA-2023:5184 - Security Advisory
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Synopsis
Important: firefox security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory: Important
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Topic
An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
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.
Description
Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance, and portability.
This update upgrades Firefox to version 102.15.1 ESR.
Security Fix(es):
- libwebp: Heap buffer overflow in WebP Codec (CVE-2023-4863)
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.
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.
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.8 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.8 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.8 ppc64le
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.8 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8 aarch64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.8 aarch64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.8 ppc64le
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.8 x86_64
Fixes
- BZ - 2238431 - CVE-2023-4863 libwebp: Heap buffer overflow in WebP Codec
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8
SRPM
firefox-102.15.1-1.el8_8.src.rpm
SHA-256: 3a7f40adc099b44b46808daa239d36569594b067287021ebcac399f27e54ddaf
x86_64
firefox-102.15.1-1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: a337bf87eb233bdfaef81da8a196ac1170091b76e360f6687d5a2473a46d4392
firefox-debuginfo-102.15.1-1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 7c865b9be10ac9b87b2580a42cf90a162b667f8b8a30e5be8aa092aa278a2855
firefox-debugsource-102.15.1-1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: d8c73501a277abbbb808f2ce1c1d09f8ad1aedeca5532471bb2042ecf1fd24c4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.8
SRPM
firefox-102.15.1-1.el8_8.src.rpm
SHA-256: 3a7f40adc099b44b46808daa239d36569594b067287021ebcac399f27e54ddaf
x86_64
firefox-102.15.1-1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: a337bf87eb233bdfaef81da8a196ac1170091b76e360f6687d5a2473a46d4392
firefox-debuginfo-102.15.1-1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 7c865b9be10ac9b87b2580a42cf90a162b667f8b8a30e5be8aa092aa278a2855
firefox-debugsource-102.15.1-1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: d8c73501a277abbbb808f2ce1c1d09f8ad1aedeca5532471bb2042ecf1fd24c4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8
SRPM
firefox-102.15.1-1.el8_8.src.rpm
SHA-256: 3a7f40adc099b44b46808daa239d36569594b067287021ebcac399f27e54ddaf
s390x
firefox-102.15.1-1.el8_8.s390x.rpm
SHA-256: be855ac75e5f03ae5fa1962e76a81be44df7f129dace769f5b7e8805715f07e4
firefox-debuginfo-102.15.1-1.el8_8.s390x.rpm
SHA-256: 197c014bf813be2ffafc440ab738e4d7bc1f1f0011180b12225c1643db4214cd
firefox-debugsource-102.15.1-1.el8_8.s390x.rpm
SHA-256: 434b4d2918b083576788d8f07a9bda2b6e83993c97dd899f75aabfe4ec92ef9e
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.8
SRPM
firefox-102.15.1-1.el8_8.src.rpm
SHA-256: 3a7f40adc099b44b46808daa239d36569594b067287021ebcac399f27e54ddaf
s390x
firefox-102.15.1-1.el8_8.s390x.rpm
SHA-256: be855ac75e5f03ae5fa1962e76a81be44df7f129dace769f5b7e8805715f07e4
firefox-debuginfo-102.15.1-1.el8_8.s390x.rpm
SHA-256: 197c014bf813be2ffafc440ab738e4d7bc1f1f0011180b12225c1643db4214cd
firefox-debugsource-102.15.1-1.el8_8.s390x.rpm
SHA-256: 434b4d2918b083576788d8f07a9bda2b6e83993c97dd899f75aabfe4ec92ef9e
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8
SRPM
firefox-102.15.1-1.el8_8.src.rpm
SHA-256: 3a7f40adc099b44b46808daa239d36569594b067287021ebcac399f27e54ddaf
ppc64le
firefox-102.15.1-1.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm
SHA-256: 9918dd5d21b3a8bd630d3cef621483efe3037ddd035ba2955a7ba54a3a39beb0
firefox-debuginfo-102.15.1-1.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm
SHA-256: 95ca9ed88b7bb2883fc0e129a40cd944daca7dd4a0557b6b746853ca2fb7f38c
firefox-debugsource-102.15.1-1.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm
SHA-256: 98d424dcc587d48a3c2328f3b15ec0699b26bbaa78013ac959ee426c22bcf942
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.8
SRPM
firefox-102.15.1-1.el8_8.src.rpm
SHA-256: 3a7f40adc099b44b46808daa239d36569594b067287021ebcac399f27e54ddaf
ppc64le
firefox-102.15.1-1.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm
SHA-256: 9918dd5d21b3a8bd630d3cef621483efe3037ddd035ba2955a7ba54a3a39beb0
firefox-debuginfo-102.15.1-1.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm
SHA-256: 95ca9ed88b7bb2883fc0e129a40cd944daca7dd4a0557b6b746853ca2fb7f38c
firefox-debugsource-102.15.1-1.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm
SHA-256: 98d424dcc587d48a3c2328f3b15ec0699b26bbaa78013ac959ee426c22bcf942
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.8
SRPM
firefox-102.15.1-1.el8_8.src.rpm
SHA-256: 3a7f40adc099b44b46808daa239d36569594b067287021ebcac399f27e54ddaf
x86_64
firefox-102.15.1-1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: a337bf87eb233bdfaef81da8a196ac1170091b76e360f6687d5a2473a46d4392
firefox-debuginfo-102.15.1-1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 7c865b9be10ac9b87b2580a42cf90a162b667f8b8a30e5be8aa092aa278a2855
firefox-debugsource-102.15.1-1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: d8c73501a277abbbb808f2ce1c1d09f8ad1aedeca5532471bb2042ecf1fd24c4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8
SRPM
firefox-102.15.1-1.el8_8.src.rpm
SHA-256: 3a7f40adc099b44b46808daa239d36569594b067287021ebcac399f27e54ddaf
aarch64
firefox-102.15.1-1.el8_8.aarch64.rpm
SHA-256: 3ded6d9189616c2f5a99244440f9543512684e50569689e8628c5695911f1a03
firefox-debuginfo-102.15.1-1.el8_8.aarch64.rpm
SHA-256: deb5e2a8b057152dbed270de7f872baa2f9e9d09e4b6f9d61195aa0df56e7e49
firefox-debugsource-102.15.1-1.el8_8.aarch64.rpm
SHA-256: 96bff920a73109f559714318b424aed7ed812f42514d0bfef637a3f4a7935d7a
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.8
SRPM
firefox-102.15.1-1.el8_8.src.rpm
SHA-256: 3a7f40adc099b44b46808daa239d36569594b067287021ebcac399f27e54ddaf
aarch64
firefox-102.15.1-1.el8_8.aarch64.rpm
SHA-256: 3ded6d9189616c2f5a99244440f9543512684e50569689e8628c5695911f1a03
firefox-debuginfo-102.15.1-1.el8_8.aarch64.rpm
SHA-256: deb5e2a8b057152dbed270de7f872baa2f9e9d09e4b6f9d61195aa0df56e7e49
firefox-debugsource-102.15.1-1.el8_8.aarch64.rpm
SHA-256: 96bff920a73109f559714318b424aed7ed812f42514d0bfef637a3f4a7935d7a
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.8
SRPM
firefox-102.15.1-1.el8_8.src.rpm
SHA-256: 3a7f40adc099b44b46808daa239d36569594b067287021ebcac399f27e54ddaf
ppc64le
firefox-102.15.1-1.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm
SHA-256: 9918dd5d21b3a8bd630d3cef621483efe3037ddd035ba2955a7ba54a3a39beb0
firefox-debuginfo-102.15.1-1.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm
SHA-256: 95ca9ed88b7bb2883fc0e129a40cd944daca7dd4a0557b6b746853ca2fb7f38c
firefox-debugsource-102.15.1-1.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm
SHA-256: 98d424dcc587d48a3c2328f3b15ec0699b26bbaa78013ac959ee426c22bcf942
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.8
SRPM
firefox-102.15.1-1.el8_8.src.rpm
SHA-256: 3a7f40adc099b44b46808daa239d36569594b067287021ebcac399f27e54ddaf
x86_64
firefox-102.15.1-1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: a337bf87eb233bdfaef81da8a196ac1170091b76e360f6687d5a2473a46d4392
firefox-debuginfo-102.15.1-1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 7c865b9be10ac9b87b2580a42cf90a162b667f8b8a30e5be8aa092aa278a2855
firefox-debugsource-102.15.1-1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: d8c73501a277abbbb808f2ce1c1d09f8ad1aedeca5532471bb2042ecf1fd24c4
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