QID 240618

Date Published: 2022-08-25

QID 240618: Red Hat Update for firefox (RHSA-2022:6174)

mozilla firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance, and portability.

Security Fix(es):
  • mozilla: address bar spoofing via xslt error handling (cve-2022-38472)
  • mozilla: cross-origin xslt documents would have inherited the parent's permissions (cve-2022-38473)
  • mozilla: memory safety bugs fixed in firefox 104 and firefox esr 102.2 (cve-2022-38477)
  • mozilla: memory safety bugs fixed in firefox 104, firefox esr 102.2, and firefox esr 91.13 (cve-2022-38478)
  • mozilla: data race and potential use-after-free in pk11_changepw (cve-2022-38476)

Affected Products:

  • Red Hat enterprise linux for x86_64 9 x86_64
  • Red Hat enterprise linux for x86_64 - extended update support 9.0 x86_64
  • Red Hat enterprise linux for ibm z systems 9 s390x
  • Red Hat enterprise linux for ibm z systems - extended update support 9.0 s390x
  • Red Hat enterprise linux for power, little endian 9 ppc64le
  • Red Hat enterprise linux for power, little endian - extended update support 9.0 ppc64le
  • Red Hat enterprise linux for arm 64 9 aarch64
  • Red Hat enterprise linux for arm 64 - extended update support 9.0 aarch64
  • Red Hat enterprise linux server for power le - update services for sap solutions 9.0 ppc64le
  • Red Hat enterprise linux for x86_64 - update services for sap solutions 9.0 x86_64
  • Red Hat enterprise linux server for arm 64 - 4 years of updates 9.0 aarch64
  • Red Hat enterprise linux server for ibm z systems - 4 years of updates 9.0 s390x



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Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to a security breach or could affect integrity, availability, and confidentiality.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 8.6 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5.4 severity.
  • Solution
    Refer to Red Hat security advisory RHSA-2022:6174 for updates and patch information.
    Vendor References
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    RHSA-2022:6174 Red Hat Enterprise Linux URL Logo access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:6174