Oval Definition:oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20170461
Revision Date:2017-03-08Version:638
Title:RHSA-2017:0461: firefox security update (Critical)
Description:Mozilla Firefox is an open source web browser.

This update upgrades Firefox to version 52.0 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-2017-5398, CVE-2017-5400, CVE-2017-5401, CVE-2017-5402, CVE-2017-5404, CVE-2017-5407, CVE-2017-5408, CVE-2017-5410, CVE-2017-5405)

    Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting these issues. Upstream acknowledges Nils, Jerri Rice, Rh0, Anton Eliasson, David Kohlbrenner, Ivan Fratric of Google Project Zero, Anonymous, Eric Lawrence of Chrome Security, Boris Zbarsky, Christian Holler, Honza Bambas, Jon Coppeard, Randell Jesup, André Bargull, Kan-Ru Chen, and Nathan Froyd as the original reporters.
  • Family:unixClass:patch
    Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-5398
    CVE-2017-5400
    CVE-2017-5401
    CVE-2017-5402
    CVE-2017-5404
    CVE-2017-5405
    CVE-2017-5407
    CVE-2017-5408
    CVE-2017-5410
    RHSA-2017:0461
    RHSA-2017:0461-00
    RHSA-2017:0461-01
    RHSA-2017:0461-01
    Platform(s):Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
    Product(s):
    Definition Synopsis
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux must be installed
  • OR Package Information
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 is installed
  • AND firefox is earlier than 0:52.0-4.el7_3
  • AND firefox is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
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