Scientific Linux SL5, SL6, SL7: SLSA-2016:0373-1 Critical: Firefox Flaws

Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2016 16:04:13 -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: <20160309160413.11131.38694@slpackages.fnal.gov>

Synopsis: Critical: firefox security update
Advisory ID: SLSA-2016:0373-1
Issue Date: 2016-03-09
CVE Numbers: CVE-2016-1952
 CVE-2016-1954
 CVE-2016-1957
 CVE-2016-1958
 CVE-2016-1960
 CVE-2016-1961
 CVE-2016-1962
 CVE-2016-1964
 CVE-2016-1965
 CVE-2016-1966
 CVE-2016-1973
 CVE-2016-1974
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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-2016-1952, CVE-2016-1954, CVE-2016-1957,
CVE-2016-1958, CVE-2016-1960, CVE-2016-1961, CVE-2016-1962, CVE-2016-1973,
CVE-2016-1974, CVE-2016-1964, CVE-2016-1965, CVE-2016-1966)

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-2016-1977, CVE-2016-2790, CVE-2016-2791,
CVE-2016-2792, CVE-2016-2793, CVE-2016-2794, CVE-2016-2795, CVE-2016-2796,
CVE-2016-2797, CVE-2016-2798, CVE-2016-2799, CVE-2016-2800, CVE-2016-2801,
CVE-2016-2802)

After installing the update, Firefox must be restarted for the changes
to take effect.
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SL5
 x86_64
 firefox-38.7.0-1.el5_11.i386.rpm
 firefox-38.7.0-1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm
 firefox-debuginfo-38.7.0-1.el5_11.i386.rpm
 firefox-debuginfo-38.7.0-1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm
 i386
 firefox-38.7.0-1.el5_11.i386.rpm
 firefox-debuginfo-38.7.0-1.el5_11.i386.rpm
SL6
 x86_64
 firefox-38.7.0-1.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
 firefox-debuginfo-38.7.0-1.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
 firefox-38.7.0-1.el6_7.i686.rpm
 firefox-debuginfo-38.7.0-1.el6_7.i686.rpm
 i386
 firefox-38.7.0-1.el6_7.i686.rpm
 firefox-debuginfo-38.7.0-1.el6_7.i686.rpm
SL7
 x86_64
 firefox-38.7.0-1.el7_2.x86_64.rpm
 firefox-debuginfo-38.7.0-1.el7_2.x86_64.rpm
 firefox-38.7.0-1.el7_2.i686.rpm
 firefox-debuginfo-38.7.0-1.el7_2.i686.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team