-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Important: firefox security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2017:3382-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3382 Issue date: 2017-12-04 CVE Names: CVE-2017-7843 ===================================================================== 1. Summary: An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. 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. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - ppc64, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - ppc64, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7) - aarch64, ppc64le 3. Description: Mozilla Firefox is an open source web browser. This update upgrades Firefox to version 52.5.1 ESR. Security Fix(es): * A privacy flaw was discovered in Firefox. In Private Browsing mode, a web worker could write persistent data to IndexedDB, which was not cleared when exiting and would persist across multiple sessions. A malicious website could exploit the flaw to bypass private-browsing protections and uniquely fingerprint visitors. (CVE-2017-7843) Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Konark as the original reporter. 4. 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. 5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 1518566 - CVE-2017-7843 Mozilla: Web worker in Private Browsing mode can write IndexedDB data 6. Package List: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6): Source: firefox-52.5.1-1.el6_9.src.rpm i386: firefox-52.5.1-1.el6_9.i686.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.5.1-1.el6_9.i686.rpm x86_64: firefox-52.5.1-1.el6_9.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.5.1-1.el6_9.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6): x86_64: firefox-52.5.1-1.el6_9.i686.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.5.1-1.el6_9.i686.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6): Source: firefox-52.5.1-1.el6_9.src.rpm x86_64: firefox-52.5.1-1.el6_9.i686.rpm firefox-52.5.1-1.el6_9.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.5.1-1.el6_9.i686.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.5.1-1.el6_9.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6): Source: firefox-52.5.1-1.el6_9.src.rpm i386: firefox-52.5.1-1.el6_9.i686.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.5.1-1.el6_9.i686.rpm ppc64: firefox-52.5.1-1.el6_9.ppc64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.5.1-1.el6_9.ppc64.rpm s390x: firefox-52.5.1-1.el6_9.s390x.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.5.1-1.el6_9.s390x.rpm x86_64: firefox-52.5.1-1.el6_9.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.5.1-1.el6_9.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6): ppc64: firefox-52.5.1-1.el6_9.ppc.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.5.1-1.el6_9.ppc.rpm s390x: firefox-52.5.1-1.el6_9.s390.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.5.1-1.el6_9.s390.rpm x86_64: firefox-52.5.1-1.el6_9.i686.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.5.1-1.el6_9.i686.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6): Source: firefox-52.5.1-1.el6_9.src.rpm i386: firefox-52.5.1-1.el6_9.i686.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.5.1-1.el6_9.i686.rpm x86_64: firefox-52.5.1-1.el6_9.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.5.1-1.el6_9.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6): x86_64: firefox-52.5.1-1.el6_9.i686.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.5.1-1.el6_9.i686.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7): Source: firefox-52.5.1-1.el7_4.src.rpm x86_64: firefox-52.5.1-1.el7_4.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.5.1-1.el7_4.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7): x86_64: firefox-52.5.1-1.el7_4.i686.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.5.1-1.el7_4.i686.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7): Source: firefox-52.5.1-1.el7_4.src.rpm ppc64: firefox-52.5.1-1.el7_4.ppc64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.5.1-1.el7_4.ppc64.rpm ppc64le: firefox-52.5.1-1.el7_4.ppc64le.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.5.1-1.el7_4.ppc64le.rpm s390x: firefox-52.5.1-1.el7_4.s390x.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.5.1-1.el7_4.s390x.rpm x86_64: firefox-52.5.1-1.el7_4.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.5.1-1.el7_4.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7): Source: firefox-52.5.1-1.el7_4.src.rpm aarch64: firefox-52.5.1-1.el7_4.aarch64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.5.1-1.el7_4.aarch64.rpm ppc64le: firefox-52.5.1-1.el7_4.ppc64le.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.5.1-1.el7_4.ppc64le.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7): ppc64: firefox-52.5.1-1.el7_4.ppc.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.5.1-1.el7_4.ppc.rpm s390x: firefox-52.5.1-1.el7_4.s390.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.5.1-1.el7_4.s390.rpm x86_64: firefox-52.5.1-1.el7_4.i686.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.5.1-1.el7_4.i686.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7): Source: firefox-52.5.1-1.el7_4.src.rpm x86_64: firefox-52.5.1-1.el7_4.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.5.1-1.el7_4.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7): x86_64: firefox-52.5.1-1.el7_4.i686.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.5.1-1.el7_4.i686.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/ 7. References: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7843 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-27/#CVE-2017-7843 8. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is . More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/ Copyright 2017 Red Hat, Inc. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iD8DBQFaJjJOXlSAg2UNWIIRAjEzAJ9hTMJfhDF5VisKTYM8L3N43rYFiACeMcSN R8yrbkG8xVIdW+Fmv2HCtZ8= =TwT5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- RHSA-announce mailing list RHSA-announce@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhsa-announce