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RHSA-2023:5198: Red Hat Security Advisory: firefox security update
An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support. 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-2023:5198 - 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 8.6 Extended Update Support.
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 - 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 - Extended Update Support 8.6 s390x
- 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 - 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 - 2238431 - CVE-2023-4863 libwebp: Heap buffer overflow in WebP Codec
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.6
SRPM
firefox-102.15.1-1.el8_6.src.rpm
SHA-256: 177c887fb45c6d4d9dab429e1bb8018a2ab42be5008c094f29428b01b5c8a741
x86_64
firefox-102.15.1-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 9e24a651537b6106985fba4a3ae072b4eeb2586d21d1f5e66a428aa030f06695
firefox-debuginfo-102.15.1-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 88d5f7de3d1b116b6c3f662748a8244efeb18893f706137e7c37b9efd2f234dc
firefox-debugsource-102.15.1-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: b10280e82e14d257bc8b253028836d469665ebfa9e6ff89d5fcdd1c34437eab4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.6
SRPM
firefox-102.15.1-1.el8_6.src.rpm
SHA-256: 177c887fb45c6d4d9dab429e1bb8018a2ab42be5008c094f29428b01b5c8a741
x86_64
firefox-102.15.1-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 9e24a651537b6106985fba4a3ae072b4eeb2586d21d1f5e66a428aa030f06695
firefox-debuginfo-102.15.1-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 88d5f7de3d1b116b6c3f662748a8244efeb18893f706137e7c37b9efd2f234dc
firefox-debugsource-102.15.1-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: b10280e82e14d257bc8b253028836d469665ebfa9e6ff89d5fcdd1c34437eab4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.6
SRPM
firefox-102.15.1-1.el8_6.src.rpm
SHA-256: 177c887fb45c6d4d9dab429e1bb8018a2ab42be5008c094f29428b01b5c8a741
s390x
firefox-102.15.1-1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
SHA-256: 3ef91f46d2874d41ba117a67000fdad8290452afe3ae935fcdfd2d2d0845bd70
firefox-debuginfo-102.15.1-1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
SHA-256: ce1e801c0d0d55ae9294782bbf1c5619fdbbcfbff1ce1d6c39fcdf293fbd6aaa
firefox-debugsource-102.15.1-1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
SHA-256: fc30f24bf50297d40fbedee44f700ccbc3db7af0da0fb45652f7bb1a524bdbaf
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.6
SRPM
firefox-102.15.1-1.el8_6.src.rpm
SHA-256: 177c887fb45c6d4d9dab429e1bb8018a2ab42be5008c094f29428b01b5c8a741
ppc64le
firefox-102.15.1-1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
SHA-256: 0f9daa3bcebb00be2a4ce9ff1c3ba6bc0028aded04e91b672764a1065a1b6a77
firefox-debuginfo-102.15.1-1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
SHA-256: fbf3fddd27c8f5bc800bc9684c4990844ab089e4a8d3c8a60aa38c30ea53708d
firefox-debugsource-102.15.1-1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
SHA-256: 700bf9c801310a3182a985a925d02bbd92feaaee9128c674fbd1816fdd27b913
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.6
SRPM
firefox-102.15.1-1.el8_6.src.rpm
SHA-256: 177c887fb45c6d4d9dab429e1bb8018a2ab42be5008c094f29428b01b5c8a741
x86_64
firefox-102.15.1-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 9e24a651537b6106985fba4a3ae072b4eeb2586d21d1f5e66a428aa030f06695
firefox-debuginfo-102.15.1-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 88d5f7de3d1b116b6c3f662748a8244efeb18893f706137e7c37b9efd2f234dc
firefox-debugsource-102.15.1-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: b10280e82e14d257bc8b253028836d469665ebfa9e6ff89d5fcdd1c34437eab4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.6
SRPM
firefox-102.15.1-1.el8_6.src.rpm
SHA-256: 177c887fb45c6d4d9dab429e1bb8018a2ab42be5008c094f29428b01b5c8a741
aarch64
firefox-102.15.1-1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
SHA-256: 1541156348c587a5caec20a2eebd46649ed7d666d68c68e56ed8eb86e5643eee
firefox-debuginfo-102.15.1-1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
SHA-256: b56cff906e9a88bd12973761c8de89a1d9ad9fea03f7971e50942444798fc5b5
firefox-debugsource-102.15.1-1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
SHA-256: d52936592f3bc8c2962aecae1b77148b414c6477d852f7d3a0a5576477c7b4c7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.6
SRPM
firefox-102.15.1-1.el8_6.src.rpm
SHA-256: 177c887fb45c6d4d9dab429e1bb8018a2ab42be5008c094f29428b01b5c8a741
ppc64le
firefox-102.15.1-1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
SHA-256: 0f9daa3bcebb00be2a4ce9ff1c3ba6bc0028aded04e91b672764a1065a1b6a77
firefox-debuginfo-102.15.1-1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
SHA-256: fbf3fddd27c8f5bc800bc9684c4990844ab089e4a8d3c8a60aa38c30ea53708d
firefox-debugsource-102.15.1-1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
SHA-256: 700bf9c801310a3182a985a925d02bbd92feaaee9128c674fbd1816fdd27b913
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.6
SRPM
firefox-102.15.1-1.el8_6.src.rpm
SHA-256: 177c887fb45c6d4d9dab429e1bb8018a2ab42be5008c094f29428b01b5c8a741
x86_64
firefox-102.15.1-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 9e24a651537b6106985fba4a3ae072b4eeb2586d21d1f5e66a428aa030f06695
firefox-debuginfo-102.15.1-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 88d5f7de3d1b116b6c3f662748a8244efeb18893f706137e7c37b9efd2f234dc
firefox-debugsource-102.15.1-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: b10280e82e14d257bc8b253028836d469665ebfa9e6ff89d5fcdd1c34437eab4
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