Scientific Linux: 2012-016 Critical Firefox Buffer Overflow Advisory

Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:42:51 -0600
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Subject: Security ERRATA Critical: firefox on SL4.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis: Critical: firefox security update
Issue Date: 2012-02-16
CVE Numbers: CVE-2011-3026

Mozilla Firefox is an open source web browser.

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way Firefox handled
PNG (Portable Network Graphics) images. A web page containing a malicious
PNG image could cause Firefox to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary
code with the privileges of the user running Firefox. (CVE-2011-3026)

All Firefox users should upgrade to this updated package, which corrects
this issue. After installing the update, Firefox must be restarted for the
changes to take effect.

SL4:
 i386
 firefox-3.6.26-3.el4.i386.rpm
 firefox-debuginfo-3.6.26-3.el4.i386.rpm
 x86_64
 firefox-3.6.26-3.el4.x86_64.rpm
 firefox-debuginfo-3.6.26-3.el4.x86_64.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team