Oval Definition:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:25005
Revision Date:2014-09-01Version:12
Title:ELSA-2014:0741: firefox security update (Critical)
Description:Mozilla Firefox is an open source web browser. XULRunner provides the XULRuntime environment for Mozilla Firefox.Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A webpage containing malicious content could cause Firefox to crash or,potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user runningFirefox. (CVE-2014-1533, CVE-2014-1538, CVE-2014-1541)Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting these issues.Upstream acknowledges Gary Kwong, Christoph Diehl, Christian Holler, HannesVerschore, Jan de Mooij, Ryan VanderMeulen, Jeff Walden, Kyle Huey,Abhishek Arya, and Nils as the original reporters of these issues.For technical details regarding these flaws, refer to the Mozilla securityadvisories for Firefox 24.6.0 ESR. You can find a link to the Mozillaadvisories in the References section of this erratum.All Firefox users should upgrade to these updated packages, which containFirefox version 24.6.0 ESR, which corrects these issues. After installingthe update, Firefox must be restarted for the changes to take effect.
Family:unixClass:patch
Status:ACCEPTEDReference(s):CVE-2014-1533
CVE-2014-1538
CVE-2014-1541
ELSA-2014:0741-00
Platform(s):Oracle Linux 5
Oracle Linux 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Product(s):firefox
xulrunner
Definition Synopsis
  • rpm test
  • Oracle Linux 5.x
  • AND firefox is earlier than 0:24.6.0-1.el5_10
  • OR rpm test
  • firefox is earlier than 0:24.6.0-1.el6_5
  • AND Oracle Linux 6.x
  • OR rpm test
  • The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • AND rpm test
  • firefox is earlier than 0:24.6.0-1.el7_0
  • OR xulrunner-devel is earlier than 0:24.6.0-1.el7_0
  • OR xulrunner is earlier than 0:24.6.0-1.el7_0
  • BACK