firefox security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2021:3791

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

This update upgrades Firefox to version 91.2.0 ESR.

Security Fix(es):

• Mozilla: Use-after-free in MessageTask (CVE-2021-38496)

• Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 93, Firefox ESR 78.15, and Firefox ESR 91.2 (CVE-2021-38500)

• Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 93 and Firefox ESR 91.2 (CVE-2021-38501)

• rust-crossbeam-deque: race condition may lead to double free (CVE-2021-32810)

• Mozilla: Validation message could have been overlaid on another origin (CVE-2021-38497)

• Mozilla: Use-after-free of nsLanguageAtomService object (CVE-2021-38498)

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

Merged security bulletin from advisories:
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2021-November/086190.html

Affected packages:
firefox

Upstream details at:
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3791