Synopsis: Critical: firefox security update
Advisory ID:       SLSA-2019:0218-1
Issue Date:        2019-01-30
CVE Numbers:       CVE-2018-18500
                   CVE-2018-18501
                   CVE-2018-18505
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This update upgrades Firefox to version 60.5.0 ESR.

Security Fix(es):

* Mozilla: Use-after-free parsing HTML5 stream (CVE-2018-18500)

* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 65 and Firefox ESR 60.5
(CVE-2018-18501)

* Mozilla: Privilege escalation through IPC channel messages
(CVE-2018-18505)
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SL6
  x86_64
    firefox-60.5.0-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
    firefox-60.5.0-2.el6.i686.rpm
  i386
    firefox-60.5.0-2.el6.i686.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team

SciLinux: SLSA-2019-0218-1 Critical: firefox on SL6.x i386/x86_64

This update upgrades Firefox to version 60.5.0 ESR

Summary

Critical: firefox security update



Security Fixes

* Mozilla: Use-after-free parsing HTML5 stream (CVE-2018-18500)
* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 65 and Firefox ESR 60.5 (CVE-2018-18501)
* Mozilla: Privilege escalation through IPC channel messages (CVE-2018-18505)
SL6 x86_64 firefox-60.5.0-2.el6.x86_64.rpm firefox-60.5.0-2.el6.i686.rpm i386 firefox-60.5.0-2.el6.i686.rpm
- Scientific Linux Development Team

Severity
Advisory ID: SLSA-2019:0218-1
Issued Date: : 2019-01-30
CVE Numbers: CVE-2018-18500
CVE-2018-18501
CVE-2018-18505

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