Oval Definition:oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20182693
Revision Date:2018-09-12Version:638
Title:RHSA-2018:2693: firefox security update (Critical)
Description:Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance, and portability.

This update upgrades Firefox to version 60.2.0 ESR.

Security Fix(es):

  • Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 62 and Firefox ESR 60.2 (CVE-2018-12376)

  • Mozilla: Use-after-free in driver timers (CVE-2018-12377)

  • Mozilla: Use-after-free in IndexedDB (CVE-2018-12378)

  • Mozilla: Proxy bypass using automount and autofs (CVE-2017-16541)

  • Mozilla: Out-of-bounds write with malicious MAR file (CVE-2018-12379)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting these issues. Upstream acknowledges Alex Gaynor, Boris Zbarsky, Christoph Diehl, Christian Holler, Jason Kratzer, Jed Davis, Tyson Smith, Bogdan Tara, Karl Tomlinson, Mats Palmgren, Nika Layzell, Ted Campbell, Nils, Zhanjia Song, and Holger Fuhrmannek as the original reporters.
  • Family:unixClass:patch
    Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-16541
    CVE-2018-12376
    CVE-2018-12377
    CVE-2018-12378
    CVE-2018-12379
    CVE-2018-18499
    RHSA-2018:2693
    RHSA-2018:2693-00
    RHSA-2018:2693-01
    RHSA-2018:2693-02
    Platform(s):Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
    Product(s):
    Definition Synopsis
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux must be installed
  • OR Package Information
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 is installed
  • AND firefox is earlier than 0:60.2.0-1.el6
  • AND firefox is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
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