RHSA-2020:0521HighCVSS 8.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: firefox security update

Published
February 18, 2020
Last Modified
November 5, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (3)

CVE-2020-6796 →CVE-2020-6798 →CVE-2020-6800 →

📋 Description

CVE-2020-6796 — Mozilla: Missing bounds check on shared memory read in the parent process CVE-2020-6798 — Mozilla: Incorrect parsing of template tag could result in JavaScript injection CVE-2020-6800 — Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 73 and Firefox ESR 68.5

🎯 Affected products37

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6)
  • firefox-0:68.5.0-2.el6_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • firefox-0:68.5.0-2.el6_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)
  • firefox-0:68.5.0-2.el6_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)
  • firefox-0:68.5.0-2.el6_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • firefox-0:68.5.0-2.el6_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • firefox-0:68.5.0-2.el6_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • firefox-0:68.5.0-2.el6_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6)
  • firefox-0:68.5.0-2.el6_10.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • firefox-0:68.5.0-2.el6_10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • firefox-0:68.5.0-2.el6_10.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • firefox-0:68.5.0-2.el6_10.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)
  • firefox-0:68.5.0-2.el6_10.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • firefox-0:68.5.0-2.el6_10.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • firefox-0:68.5.0-2.el6_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • firefox-0:68.5.0-2.el6_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)
  • firefox-0:68.5.0-2.el6_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • firefox-0:68.5.0-2.el6_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • firefox-debuginfo-0:68.5.0-2.el6_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • firefox-debuginfo-0:68.5.0-2.el6_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)
  • firefox-debuginfo-0:68.5.0-2.el6_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)
  • firefox-debuginfo-0:68.5.0-2.el6_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • firefox-debuginfo-0:68.5.0-2.el6_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • firefox-debuginfo-0:68.5.0-2.el6_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
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✅ Remediation

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.

🔗 References (6)