QID 239559

Date Published: 2021-08-19

QID 239559: Red Hat Update for firefox (RHSA-2021:3157)

Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance, and portability.This update upgrades Firefox to version 78.13.0 ESR.

Security Fix(es): Mozilla: Uninitialized memory in a canvas object could have led to memory corruption (CVE-2021-29980) Mozilla: Incorrect instruction reordering during JIT optimization (CVE-2021-29984) Mozilla: Race condition when resolving DNS names could have led to memory corruption (CVE-2021-29986) Mozilla: Memory corruption as a result of incorrect style treatment (CVE-2021-29988) Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Thunderbird 78.13 (CVE-2021-29989) Mozilla: Use-after-free media channels (CVE-2021-29985)

Affected Products:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.4 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.4 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8 s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.4 s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.4 ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.4 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8 aarch64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.4 aarch64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (for IBM Power LE) - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.4 ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.4 x86_64

Note: The preceding description block is extracted directly from the security advisory. Using automation, we have attempted to clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

On successful exploitation, it could allow an attacker to execute code.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 8.8 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as High - 6.8 severity.
  • Solution
    Upgrade to the latest packages which contain a patch. Refer to Applying Package Updates to RHEL system for details.

    Refer to Red Hat security advisory RHSA-2021:3157 to address this issue and obtain more information.

    Vendor References
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    RHSA-2021:3157 Red Hat Enterprise Linux URL Logo access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3157?language=en