Scientific Linux: SLSA-2013:0820-1 Critical: firefox Security Alert

Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 14:17:51 +0000
Reply-To: scientific-linux-users@
Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Pat Riehecky 
Subject: Security ERRATA Critical: firefox on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis: Critical: firefox security update
Advisory ID: SLSA-2013:0820-1
Issue Date: 2013-05-14
CVE Numbers: CVE-2013-0801
 CVE-2013-1670
 CVE-2013-1674
 CVE-2013-1675
 CVE-2013-1676
 CVE-2013-1677
 CVE-2013-1678
 CVE-2013-1679
 CVE-2013-1680
 CVE-2013-1681
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Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A web
page containing malicious content could cause Firefox to crash or,
potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user
running Firefox. (CVE-2013-0801, CVE-2013-1674, CVE-2013-1675,
CVE-2013-1676, CVE-2013-1677, CVE-2013-1678, CVE-2013-1679, CVE-2013-1680,
CVE-2013-1681)

A flaw was found in the way Firefox handled Content Level Constructors. A
malicious site could use this flaw to perform cross-site scripting (XSS)
attacks. (CVE-2013-1670)

After installing the update, Firefox must be restarted for the changes to take
effect.
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SL5
 x86_64
 firefox-17.0.6-1.el5_9.i386.rpm
 firefox-17.0.6-1.el5_9.x86_64.rpm
 firefox-debuginfo-17.0.6-1.el5_9.i386.rpm
 firefox-debuginfo-17.0.6-1.el5_9.x86_64.rpm
 xulrunner-17.0.6-1.el5_9.i386.rpm
 xulrunner-17.0.6-1.el5_9.x86_64.rpm
 xulrunner-debuginfo-17.0.6-1.el5_9.i386.rpm
 xulrunner-debuginfo-17.0.6-1.el5_9.x86_64.rpm
 xulrunner-devel-17.0.6-1.el5_9.i386.rpm
 xulrunner-devel-17.0.6-1.el5_9.x86_64.rpm
 i386
 firefox-17.0.6-1.el5_9.i386.rpm
 firefox-debuginfo-17.0.6-1.el5_9.i386.rpm
 xulrunner-17.0.6-1.el5_9.i386.rpm
 xulrunner-debuginfo-17.0.6-1.el5_9.i386.rpm
 xulrunner-devel-17.0.6-1.el5_9.i386.rpm
SL6
 x86_64
 firefox-17.0.6-1.el6_4.i686.rpm
 firefox-17.0.6-1.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
 firefox-debuginfo-17.0.6-1.el6_4.i686.rpm
 firefox-debuginfo-17.0.6-1.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
 xulrunner-17.0.6-2.el6_4.i686.rpm
 xulrunner-17.0.6-2.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
 xulrunner-debuginfo-17.0.6-2.el6_4.i686.rpm
 xulrunner-debuginfo-17.0.6-2.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
 xulrunner-devel-17.0.6-2.el6_4.i686.rpm
 xulrunner-devel-17.0.6-2.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
 i386
 firefox-17.0.6-1.el6_4.i686.rpm
 firefox-debuginfo-17.0.6-1.el6_4.i686.rpm
 xulrunner-17.0.6-2.el6_4.i686.rpm
 xulrunner-debuginfo-17.0.6-2.el6_4.i686.rpm
 xulrunner-devel-17.0.6-2.el6_4.i686.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team