Scientific Linux: 2016:1551-1 Critical: firefox Update for Security Issues

Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2016 17:08:57 -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,
 SL7.x i386/x86_64
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Message-ID: <20160803170857.30307.32145@slpackages.fnal.gov>

Synopsis: Critical: firefox security update
Advisory ID: SLSA-2016:1551-1
Issue Date: 2016-08-03
CVE Numbers: CVE-2016-2830
 CVE-2016-2836
 CVE-2016-2838
 CVE-2016-5252
 CVE-2016-5254
 CVE-2016-5258
 CVE-2016-5259
 CVE-2016-5262
 CVE-2016-2837
 CVE-2016-5263
 CVE-2016-5264
 CVE-2016-5265
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This update upgrades Firefox to version 45.3.0 ESR.

Security Fix(es):

* Multiple 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-2016-2836, CVE-2016-5258, CVE-2016-5259,
CVE-2016-5252, CVE-2016-5263, CVE-2016-2830, CVE-2016-2838, CVE-2016-5254,
CVE-2016-5262, CVE-2016-5264, CVE-2016-5265, CVE-2016-2837)
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SL5
 x86_64
 firefox-45.3.0-1.el5_11.i386.rpm
 firefox-45.3.0-1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm
 firefox-debuginfo-45.3.0-1.el5_11.i386.rpm
 firefox-debuginfo-45.3.0-1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm
 i386
 firefox-45.3.0-1.el5_11.i386.rpm
 firefox-debuginfo-45.3.0-1.el5_11.i386.rpm
SL6
 x86_64
 firefox-45.3.0-1.el6_8.x86_64.rpm
 firefox-debuginfo-45.3.0-1.el6_8.x86_64.rpm
 firefox-45.3.0-1.el6_8.i686.rpm
 firefox-debuginfo-45.3.0-1.el6_8.i686.rpm
 i386
 firefox-45.3.0-1.el6_8.i686.rpm
 firefox-debuginfo-45.3.0-1.el6_8.i686.rpm
SL7
 x86_64
 firefox-45.3.0-1.el7_2.x86_64.rpm
 firefox-debuginfo-45.3.0-1.el7_2.x86_64.rpm
 firefox-45.3.0-1.el7_2.i686.rpm
 firefox-debuginfo-45.3.0-1.el7_2.i686.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team