Oval Definition:oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20161551
Revision Date:2016-08-03Version:637
Title:RHSA-2016:1551: firefox security update (Critical)
Description:Mozilla Firefox is an open source web browser.

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)

    Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting these issues. Upstream acknowledges Looben Yang, Carsten Book, Christian Holler, Gary Kwong, Jesse Ruderman, Andrew McCreight, Phil Ringnalda, Philipp, Toni Huttunen, Georg Koppen, Abhishek Arya, Atte Kettunen, Nils, Nikita Arykov, and Abdulrahman Alqabandi as the original reporters.
  • Family:unixClass:patch
    Status:Reference(s):CVE-2016-2830
    CVE-2016-2836
    CVE-2016-2837
    CVE-2016-2838
    CVE-2016-5252
    CVE-2016-5254
    CVE-2016-5258
    CVE-2016-5259
    CVE-2016-5262
    CVE-2016-5263
    CVE-2016-5264
    CVE-2016-5265
    RHSA-2016:1551
    RHSA-2016:1551-00
    RHSA-2016:1551-01
    RHSA-2016:1551-03
    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 0:45.3.0-1.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 0:45.3.0-1.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 0:45.3.0-1.el6_8
  • AND firefox is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
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