Date:         Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:30:28 -0500
Reply-To:     Troy Dawson 
Sender:       Security Errata for Scientific Linux
              
From:         Troy Dawson 
Subject:      Security ERRATA Critical: firefox on SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64
Comments: To: "scientific-linux-errata@fnal.gov"
          

Synopsis:	Critical: firefox security update
Issue date:	2010-07-23
CVE Names:	CVE-2010-2755

An invalid free flaw was found in Firefox's plugin handler. Malicious 
web content could result in an invalid memory pointer being freed, 
causing Firefox to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with 
the privileges of the user running the Firefox application. (CVE-2010-2755)

After installing the update, Firefox must be restarted for the changes 
to take effect.

SL 4.x

      SRPMS:
firefox-3.6.7-3.el4.src.rpm
      i386:
firefox-3.6.7-3.el4.i386.rpm
      x86_64:
firefox-3.6.7-3.el4.i386.rpm
firefox-3.6.7-3.el4.x86_64.rpm

SL 5.x

      SRPMS:
firefox-3.6.7-3.el5.src.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.2.7-3.el5.src.rpm
      i386:
firefox-3.6.7-3.el5.i386.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.2.7-3.el5.i386.rpm
xulrunner-devel-1.9.2.7-3.el5.i386.rpm
      x86_64:
firefox-3.6.7-3.el5.i386.rpm
firefox-3.6.7-3.el5.x86_64.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.2.7-3.el5.i386.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.2.7-3.el5.x86_64.rpm
xulrunner-devel-1.9.2.7-3.el5.i386.rpm
xulrunner-devel-1.9.2.7-3.el5.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson

SciLinux: CVE-2010-2755 Critical: firefox SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64

Critical: firefox security update

Summary

causing Firefox to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code withthe privileges of the user running the Firefox application. (CVE-2010-2755)After installing the update, Firefox must be restarted for the changesto take effect.



Security Fixes

Severity
Issued Date: : 2010-07-23
CVE Names: CVE-2010-2755
An invalid free flaw was found in Firefox's plugin handler. Malicious
web content could result in an invalid memory pointer being freed,

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