Scientific Linux: firefox Critical Update SLSA-2016:2946-1 CVE-2016-9899 Arbitrary Code

Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2016 18:21:13 -0000
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Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Scott Reid 
Subject: Security ERRATA Critical: firefox on SL5.x, SL6.x,
 SL7.x i386/x86_64
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Message-ID: <20161214182113.15408.85782@slpackages.fnal.gov>

Synopsis: Critical: firefox security update
Advisory ID: SLSA-2016:2946-1
Issue Date: 2016-12-14
CVE Numbers: CVE-2016-9899
 CVE-2016-9895
 CVE-2016-9897
 CVE-2016-9898
 CVE-2016-9900
 CVE-2016-9904
 CVE-2016-9905
 CVE-2016-9893
 CVE-2016-9901
 CVE-2016-9902
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This update upgrades Firefox to version 45.6.0 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-2016-9893, CVE-2016-9899, CVE-2016-9895,
CVE-2016-9897, CVE-2016-9898, CVE-2016-9900, CVE-2016-9901, CVE-2016-9902,
CVE-2016-9904, CVE-2016-9905)
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SL5
 x86_64
 firefox-45.6.0-1.el5_11.i386.rpm
 firefox-45.6.0-1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm
 firefox-debuginfo-45.6.0-1.el5_11.i386.rpm
 firefox-debuginfo-45.6.0-1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm
 i386
 firefox-45.6.0-1.el5_11.i386.rpm
 firefox-debuginfo-45.6.0-1.el5_11.i386.rpm
SL6
 x86_64
 firefox-45.6.0-1.el6_8.x86_64.rpm
 firefox-debuginfo-45.6.0-1.el6_8.x86_64.rpm
 firefox-45.6.0-1.el6_8.i686.rpm
 firefox-debuginfo-45.6.0-1.el6_8.i686.rpm
 i386
 firefox-45.6.0-1.el6_8.i686.rpm
 firefox-debuginfo-45.6.0-1.el6_8.i686.rpm
SL7
 x86_64
 firefox-45.6.0-1.el7_3.x86_64.rpm
 firefox-debuginfo-45.6.0-1.el7_3.x86_64.rpm
 firefox-45.6.0-1.el7_3.i686.rpm
 firefox-debuginfo-45.6.0-1.el7_3.i686.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team