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RHSA-2022:7024: 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-2022-40674: expat: a use-after-free in the doContent function in xmlparse.c
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Issued:
2022-10-18
Updated:
2022-10-18
RHSA-2022:7024 - 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 102.3.0 ESR.
Security Fix(es):
- expat: a use-after-free in the doContent function in xmlparse.c (CVE-2022-40674)
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 8.6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.6 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.6 ppc64le
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8 aarch64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.6 aarch64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.6 ppc64le
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.6 x86_64
Fixes
- BZ - 2130769 - CVE-2022-40674 expat: a use-after-free in the doContent function in xmlparse.c
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8
SRPM
firefox-102.3.0-7.el8_6.src.rpm
SHA-256: 096b5aeb0aae7683e708475f9604a300eea1f361e410d9cef7b1df41ef03e19a
x86_64
firefox-102.3.0-7.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 8625ae3047433c5a80cebb7e6f539e61223c4c23da5fc32da5927aa95d05c068
firefox-debuginfo-102.3.0-7.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 63ac0168a3350acd40d0a3130556e6bd27b46307b7e53fcd4d326d6f21eb0b89
firefox-debugsource-102.3.0-7.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 93ec24b23302db9e3ef4c3746a07988422090d422450b38bbcfa33502a576101
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.6
SRPM
firefox-102.3.0-7.el8_6.src.rpm
SHA-256: 096b5aeb0aae7683e708475f9604a300eea1f361e410d9cef7b1df41ef03e19a
x86_64
firefox-102.3.0-7.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 8625ae3047433c5a80cebb7e6f539e61223c4c23da5fc32da5927aa95d05c068
firefox-debuginfo-102.3.0-7.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 63ac0168a3350acd40d0a3130556e6bd27b46307b7e53fcd4d326d6f21eb0b89
firefox-debugsource-102.3.0-7.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 93ec24b23302db9e3ef4c3746a07988422090d422450b38bbcfa33502a576101
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.6
SRPM
firefox-102.3.0-7.el8_6.src.rpm
SHA-256: 096b5aeb0aae7683e708475f9604a300eea1f361e410d9cef7b1df41ef03e19a
x86_64
firefox-102.3.0-7.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 8625ae3047433c5a80cebb7e6f539e61223c4c23da5fc32da5927aa95d05c068
firefox-debuginfo-102.3.0-7.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 63ac0168a3350acd40d0a3130556e6bd27b46307b7e53fcd4d326d6f21eb0b89
firefox-debugsource-102.3.0-7.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 93ec24b23302db9e3ef4c3746a07988422090d422450b38bbcfa33502a576101
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8
SRPM
firefox-102.3.0-7.el8_6.src.rpm
SHA-256: 096b5aeb0aae7683e708475f9604a300eea1f361e410d9cef7b1df41ef03e19a
s390x
firefox-102.3.0-7.el8_6.s390x.rpm
SHA-256: a15ac5271566e5bb2ca7bcc3c0e483af475e5bcdda48f3b7b7e00b2ad00672d8
firefox-debuginfo-102.3.0-7.el8_6.s390x.rpm
SHA-256: 6305fedd90b126c29d6919742d62a13cbe60824b33c93e45b641d041fbc55758
firefox-debugsource-102.3.0-7.el8_6.s390x.rpm
SHA-256: 57eaed1e69556b97a0af923f1e712dfc5c229a40aa5e6862d5c6e3a7578aa6d9
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.6
SRPM
firefox-102.3.0-7.el8_6.src.rpm
SHA-256: 096b5aeb0aae7683e708475f9604a300eea1f361e410d9cef7b1df41ef03e19a
s390x
firefox-102.3.0-7.el8_6.s390x.rpm
SHA-256: a15ac5271566e5bb2ca7bcc3c0e483af475e5bcdda48f3b7b7e00b2ad00672d8
firefox-debuginfo-102.3.0-7.el8_6.s390x.rpm
SHA-256: 6305fedd90b126c29d6919742d62a13cbe60824b33c93e45b641d041fbc55758
firefox-debugsource-102.3.0-7.el8_6.s390x.rpm
SHA-256: 57eaed1e69556b97a0af923f1e712dfc5c229a40aa5e6862d5c6e3a7578aa6d9
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8
SRPM
firefox-102.3.0-7.el8_6.src.rpm
SHA-256: 096b5aeb0aae7683e708475f9604a300eea1f361e410d9cef7b1df41ef03e19a
ppc64le
firefox-102.3.0-7.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
SHA-256: 064eb0392d5aedcad343cdd4f5da920b31d8883f85e4d5d5641949830b9ef204
firefox-debuginfo-102.3.0-7.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
SHA-256: 2c8d8b576820e30e1a103b342a88bd0573824e9c185afa7d29a02387eb2634da
firefox-debugsource-102.3.0-7.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
SHA-256: c67990030b55a1d811f29ef5931107fec40d9eaca6c2c49aa40ba2971dcc4594
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.6
SRPM
firefox-102.3.0-7.el8_6.src.rpm
SHA-256: 096b5aeb0aae7683e708475f9604a300eea1f361e410d9cef7b1df41ef03e19a
ppc64le
firefox-102.3.0-7.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
SHA-256: 064eb0392d5aedcad343cdd4f5da920b31d8883f85e4d5d5641949830b9ef204
firefox-debuginfo-102.3.0-7.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
SHA-256: 2c8d8b576820e30e1a103b342a88bd0573824e9c185afa7d29a02387eb2634da
firefox-debugsource-102.3.0-7.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
SHA-256: c67990030b55a1d811f29ef5931107fec40d9eaca6c2c49aa40ba2971dcc4594
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.6
SRPM
firefox-102.3.0-7.el8_6.src.rpm
SHA-256: 096b5aeb0aae7683e708475f9604a300eea1f361e410d9cef7b1df41ef03e19a
x86_64
firefox-102.3.0-7.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 8625ae3047433c5a80cebb7e6f539e61223c4c23da5fc32da5927aa95d05c068
firefox-debuginfo-102.3.0-7.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 63ac0168a3350acd40d0a3130556e6bd27b46307b7e53fcd4d326d6f21eb0b89
firefox-debugsource-102.3.0-7.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 93ec24b23302db9e3ef4c3746a07988422090d422450b38bbcfa33502a576101
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8
SRPM
firefox-102.3.0-7.el8_6.src.rpm
SHA-256: 096b5aeb0aae7683e708475f9604a300eea1f361e410d9cef7b1df41ef03e19a
aarch64
firefox-102.3.0-7.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
SHA-256: df9cb960f36cb6d8747528913fb909f26a471f34e4b7d7a04e937a406f06f016
firefox-debuginfo-102.3.0-7.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
SHA-256: 2b8965a6e5fa7d0081762267f96719bf9cf823493d28e1c08a0fefc6ba9ca4ca
firefox-debugsource-102.3.0-7.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
SHA-256: a45a6514173c8f0d7c1091e4abc27b5e34ad7962a4df723c5674cb401fb51bdd
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.6
SRPM
firefox-102.3.0-7.el8_6.src.rpm
SHA-256: 096b5aeb0aae7683e708475f9604a300eea1f361e410d9cef7b1df41ef03e19a
aarch64
firefox-102.3.0-7.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
SHA-256: df9cb960f36cb6d8747528913fb909f26a471f34e4b7d7a04e937a406f06f016
firefox-debuginfo-102.3.0-7.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
SHA-256: 2b8965a6e5fa7d0081762267f96719bf9cf823493d28e1c08a0fefc6ba9ca4ca
firefox-debugsource-102.3.0-7.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
SHA-256: a45a6514173c8f0d7c1091e4abc27b5e34ad7962a4df723c5674cb401fb51bdd
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.6
SRPM
firefox-102.3.0-7.el8_6.src.rpm
SHA-256: 096b5aeb0aae7683e708475f9604a300eea1f361e410d9cef7b1df41ef03e19a
ppc64le
firefox-102.3.0-7.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
SHA-256: 064eb0392d5aedcad343cdd4f5da920b31d8883f85e4d5d5641949830b9ef204
firefox-debuginfo-102.3.0-7.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
SHA-256: 2c8d8b576820e30e1a103b342a88bd0573824e9c185afa7d29a02387eb2634da
firefox-debugsource-102.3.0-7.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
SHA-256: c67990030b55a1d811f29ef5931107fec40d9eaca6c2c49aa40ba2971dcc4594
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.6
SRPM
firefox-102.3.0-7.el8_6.src.rpm
SHA-256: 096b5aeb0aae7683e708475f9604a300eea1f361e410d9cef7b1df41ef03e19a
x86_64
firefox-102.3.0-7.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 8625ae3047433c5a80cebb7e6f539e61223c4c23da5fc32da5927aa95d05c068
firefox-debuginfo-102.3.0-7.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 63ac0168a3350acd40d0a3130556e6bd27b46307b7e53fcd4d326d6f21eb0b89
firefox-debugsource-102.3.0-7.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 93ec24b23302db9e3ef4c3746a07988422090d422450b38bbcfa33502a576101
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