Scientific Linux: SLSA-2016:0197-1 Critical: Firefox Remote Code Execution

Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 17:16:52 +0000
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Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Pat Riehecky 
Subject: Security ERRATA Critical: firefox on SL5.x, SL6.x,
 SL7.x i386/x86_64
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Message-ID: <20160216171652.8836.94054@slpackages.fnal.gov>

Synopsis: Critical: firefox security update
Advisory ID: SLSA-2016:0197-1
Issue Date: 2016-02-16
CVE Numbers: CVE-2016-1521
 CVE-2016-1522
 CVE-2016-1523
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Multiple security flaws were found in the graphite2 font library shipped
with Firefox. 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-2016-1521, CVE-2016-1522, CVE-2016-1523)

After installing the update, Firefox must be restarted for the changes to
take effect.
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SL5
 x86_64
 firefox-38.6.1-1.el5_11.i386.rpm
 firefox-38.6.1-1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm
 firefox-debuginfo-38.6.1-1.el5_11.i386.rpm
 firefox-debuginfo-38.6.1-1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm
 i386
 firefox-38.6.1-1.el5_11.i386.rpm
 firefox-debuginfo-38.6.1-1.el5_11.i386.rpm
SL6
 x86_64
 firefox-38.6.1-1.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
 firefox-debuginfo-38.6.1-1.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
 firefox-38.6.1-1.el6_7.i686.rpm
 firefox-debuginfo-38.6.1-1.el6_7.i686.rpm
 i386
 firefox-38.6.1-1.el6_7.i686.rpm
 firefox-debuginfo-38.6.1-1.el6_7.i686.rpm
SL7
 x86_64
 firefox-38.6.1-1.el7_2.x86_64.rpm
 firefox-debuginfo-38.6.1-1.el7_2.x86_64.rpm
 firefox-38.6.1-1.el7_2.i686.rpm
 firefox-debuginfo-38.6.1-1.el7_2.i686.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team