Scientific Linux: SLSA-2015:1693-1 Critical: Firefox Exploits and Fixes

Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 16:16:23 +0000
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From: Pat Riehecky 
Subject: Security ERRATA Critical: firefox on SL5.x, SL6.x,
 SL7.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis: Critical: firefox security update
Advisory ID: SLSA-2015:1693-1
Issue Date: 2015-08-27
CVE Numbers: CVE-2015-4497
 CVE-2015-4498
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A flaw was 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-2015-4497)

A flaw was found in the way Firefox handled installation of add-ons. An
attacker could use this flaw to bypass the add-on installation prompt, and
trick the user inso installing an add-on from a malicious source.
(CVE-2015-4498)

After installing the update, Firefox must be restarted for the changes
to take effect.
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SL5
 x86_64
 firefox-38.2.1-1.el5_11.i386.rpm
 firefox-38.2.1-1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm
 firefox-debuginfo-38.2.1-1.el5_11.i386.rpm
 firefox-debuginfo-38.2.1-1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm
 i386
 firefox-38.2.1-1.el5_11.i386.rpm
 firefox-debuginfo-38.2.1-1.el5_11.i386.rpm
SL6
 x86_64
 firefox-38.2.1-1.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
 firefox-debuginfo-38.2.1-1.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
 firefox-38.2.1-1.el6_7.i686.rpm
 firefox-debuginfo-38.2.1-1.el6_7.i686.rpm
 i386
 firefox-38.2.1-1.el6_7.i686.rpm
 firefox-debuginfo-38.2.1-1.el6_7.i686.rpm
SL7
 x86_64
 firefox-38.2.1-1.el7_1.x86_64.rpm
 firefox-debuginfo-38.2.1-1.el7_1.x86_64.rpm
 firefox-38.2.1-1.el7_1.i686.rpm
 firefox-debuginfo-38.2.1-1.el7_1.i686.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team