Oval Definition:oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20161217
Revision Date:2016-06-08Version:636
Title:RHSA-2016:1217: firefox security update (Critical)
Description:Mozilla Firefox is an open source web browser.

This update upgrades Firefox to version 45.2.0 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-2016-2818, CVE-2016-2819, CVE-2016-2821, CVE-2016-2822, CVE-2016-2828, CVE-2016-2831)

    Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting these issues. Upstream acknowledges sushi Anton Larsson, firehack, Jordi Chancel, Christian Holler, Sylvestre Ledru, Tyson Smith, jomo, Jesse Ruderman, Julian Seward, Timothy Nikkel, Karl Tomlinson, Olli Pettay, and Gary Kwong as the original reporters.
  • Family:unixClass:patch
    Status:Reference(s):CVE-2016-2818
    CVE-2016-2819
    CVE-2016-2821
    CVE-2016-2822
    CVE-2016-2828
    CVE-2016-2831
    RHSA-2016:1217
    RHSA-2016:1217-00
    RHSA-2016:1217-01
    Platform(s):Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
    Product(s):
    Definition Synopsis
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux must be installed
  • OR Package Information
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is installed
  • AND firefox is earlier than 0:45.2.0-1.el5_11
  • AND firefox is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • OR Package Information
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 is installed
  • AND firefox is earlier than 0:45.2.0-1.el7_2
  • AND firefox is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • OR Package Information
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 is installed
  • AND firefox is earlier than 0:45.2.0-1.el6_8
  • AND firefox is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • Definition Synopsis
  • Release Information
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is installed
  • AND firefox is earlier than 0:45.2.0-1.el5_11
  • AND firefox is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease key
  • OR Package Information
  • firefox is earlier than 0:45.2.0-1.el7_2
  • AND firefox is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • AND
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Client is installed
  • OR Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Server is installed
  • OR Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Workstation is installed
  • OR Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ComputeNode is installed
  • OR Package Information
  • firefox is earlier than 0:45.2.0-1.el6_8
  • AND firefox is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • AND
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Client is installed
  • OR Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server is installed
  • OR Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Workstation is installed
  • OR Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ComputeNode is installed
  • BACK