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RHSA-2021:5017: Red Hat Security Advisory: firefox security update

An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Update Services for SAP Solutions. 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-2021-43536: Mozilla: URL leakage when navigating while executing asynchronous function
CVE-2021-43537: Mozilla: Heap buffer overflow when using structured clone
CVE-2021-43538: Mozilla: Missing fullscreen and pointer lock notification when requesting both
CVE-2021-43539: Mozilla: GC rooting failure when calling wasm instance methods
CVE-2021-43541: Mozilla: External protocol handler parameters were unescaped
CVE-2021-43542: Mozilla: XMLHttpRequest error codes could have leaked the existence of an external protocol handler
CVE-2021-43543: Mozilla: Bypass of CSP sandbox directive when embedding
CVE-2021-43545: Mozilla: Denial of Service when using the Location API in a loop
CVE-2021-43546: Mozilla: Cursor spoofing could overlay user interface when native cursor is zoomed

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Issued:

2021-12-08

Updated:

2021-12-08

RHSA-2021:5017 - Security Advisory

Overview
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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 8.1 Update Services for SAP Solutions.

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 91.4.0 ESR.

Security Fix(es):

Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 95 and Firefox ESR 91.4
Mozilla: URL leakage when navigating while executing asynchronous function (CVE-2021-43536)
Mozilla: Heap buffer overflow when using structured clone (CVE-2021-43537)
Mozilla: Missing fullscreen and pointer lock notification when requesting both (CVE-2021-43538)
Mozilla: GC rooting failure when calling wasm instance methods (CVE-2021-43539)
Mozilla: External protocol handler parameters were unescaped (CVE-2021-43541)
Mozilla: XMLHttpRequest error codes could have leaked the existence of an external protocol handler (CVE-2021-43542)
Mozilla: Bypass of CSP sandbox directive when embedding (CVE-2021-43543)
Mozilla: Denial of Service when using the Location API in a loop (CVE-2021-43545)
Mozilla: Cursor spoofing could overlay user interface when native cursor is zoomed (CVE-2021-43546)

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 Server (for IBM Power LE) - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.1 ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.1 x86_64

Fixes

BZ - 2030105 - CVE-2021-43536 Mozilla: URL leakage when navigating while executing asynchronous function
BZ - 2030106 - CVE-2021-43537 Mozilla: Heap buffer overflow when using structured clone
BZ - 2030109 - CVE-2021-43538 Mozilla: Missing fullscreen and pointer lock notification when requesting both
BZ - 2030110 - CVE-2021-43539 Mozilla: GC rooting failure when calling wasm instance methods
BZ - 2030111 - CVE-2021-43541 Mozilla: External protocol handler parameters were unescaped
BZ - 2030112 - CVE-2021-43542 Mozilla: XMLHttpRequest error codes could have leaked the existence of an external protocol handler
BZ - 2030113 - CVE-2021-43543 Mozilla: Bypass of CSP sandbox directive when embedding
BZ - 2030114 - CVE-2021-43545 Mozilla: Denial of Service when using the Location API in a loop
BZ - 2030115 - CVE-2021-43546 Mozilla: Cursor spoofing could overlay user interface when native cursor is zoomed
BZ - 2030116 - Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 95 and Firefox ESR 91.4

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