Oval Definition:oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20161912
Revision Date:2016-09-21Version:636
Title:RHSA-2016:1912: firefox security update (Critical)
Description:Mozilla Firefox is an open source web browser.

This update upgrades Firefox to version 45.4.0 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-2016-5257, CVE-2016-5278, CVE-2016-5270, CVE-2016-5272, CVE-2016-5274, CVE-2016-5276, CVE-2016-5277, CVE-2016-5280, CVE-2016-5281, CVE-2016-5284, CVE-2016-5250, CVE-2016-5261)

    Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting these issues. Upstream acknowledges Samuel Groß, Brian Carpenter, Mei Wang, Ryan Duff, Catalin Dumitru, Mozilla developers, Christoph Diehl, Andrew McCreight, Dan Minor, Byron Campen, Jon Coppeard, Steve Fink, Tyson Smith, Philipp, Carsten Book, Abhishek Arya, Atte Kettunen, and Nils as the original reporters.
  • Family:unixClass:patch
    Status:Reference(s):CVE-2016-5250
    CVE-2016-5257
    CVE-2016-5261
    CVE-2016-5270
    CVE-2016-5272
    CVE-2016-5274
    CVE-2016-5276
    CVE-2016-5277
    CVE-2016-5278
    CVE-2016-5280
    CVE-2016-5281
    CVE-2016-5284
    RHSA-2016:1912
    RHSA-2016:1912-00
    RHSA-2016:1912-01
    RHSA-2016:1912-03
    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 0:45.4.0-1.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 0:45.4.0-1.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 0:45.4.0-1.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 0:45.4.0-1.el5_11
  • AND firefox is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease key
  • OR Package Information
  • firefox is earlier than 0:45.4.0-1.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 0:45.4.0-1.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