Oval Definition:oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20172831
Revision Date:2017-09-28Version:637
Title:RHSA-2017:2831: firefox security update (Critical)
Description:Mozilla Firefox is an open source web browser.

This update upgrades Firefox to version 52.4.0 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-2017-7810, CVE-2017-7793, CVE-2017-7818, CVE-2017-7819, CVE-2017-7824, CVE-2017-7814, CVE-2017-7823)

    Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting these issues. Upstream acknowledges Christoph Diehl, Jan de Mooij, Jason Kratzer, Randell Jesup, Tom Ritter, Tyson Smith, Sebastian Hengst, Abhishek Arya, Nils, Omair, Andre Weissflog, François Marier, and Jun Kokatsu as the original reporters.
  • Family:unixClass:patch
    Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-7793
    CVE-2017-7810
    CVE-2017-7814
    CVE-2017-7818
    CVE-2017-7819
    CVE-2017-7823
    CVE-2017-7824
    RHSA-2017:2831
    RHSA-2017:2831-00
    RHSA-2017:2831-01
    Platform(s):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 6 is installed
  • AND firefox is earlier than 0:52.4.0-1.el6_9
  • AND firefox is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • OR Package Information
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 is installed
  • AND firefox is earlier than 0:52.4.0-1.el7_4
  • AND firefox is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
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