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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2016.2842 Critical: firefox security update 2 December 2016 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: firefox Publisher: Red Hat Operating System: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS/Desktop 5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS/Desktop 6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS/Desktop 7 Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote with User Interaction Denial of Service -- Remote with User Interaction Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2016-9079 Reference: ASB-2016.0115 Original Bulletin: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2843.html - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Critical: firefox security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2016:2843-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2843.html Issue date: 2016-12-01 CVE Names: CVE-2016-9079 ===================================================================== 1. Summary: An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Critical. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ppc, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - aarch64, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - ppc64, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - ppc64, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - x86_64 3. Description: Mozilla Firefox is an open source web browser. This update upgrades Firefox to version 45.5.1 ESR. Security Fix(es): * A flaw was 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-2016-9079) Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting this issue. 4. Solution: For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing the update, Firefox must be restarted for the changes to take effect. 5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 1400376 - CVE-2016-9079 Mozilla: Firefox SVG Animation Remote Code Execution (MFSA 2016-92) 6. Package List: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client): Source: firefox-45.5.1-1.el5_11.src.rpm i386: firefox-45.5.1-1.el5_11.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-45.5.1-1.el5_11.i386.rpm x86_64: firefox-45.5.1-1.el5_11.i386.rpm firefox-45.5.1-1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-45.5.1-1.el5_11.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-45.5.1-1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server): Source: firefox-45.5.1-1.el5_11.src.rpm i386: firefox-45.5.1-1.el5_11.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-45.5.1-1.el5_11.i386.rpm ppc: firefox-45.5.1-1.el5_11.ppc64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-45.5.1-1.el5_11.ppc64.rpm s390x: firefox-45.5.1-1.el5_11.s390.rpm firefox-45.5.1-1.el5_11.s390x.rpm firefox-debuginfo-45.5.1-1.el5_11.s390.rpm firefox-debuginfo-45.5.1-1.el5_11.s390x.rpm x86_64: firefox-45.5.1-1.el5_11.i386.rpm firefox-45.5.1-1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-45.5.1-1.el5_11.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-45.5.1-1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6): Source: firefox-45.5.1-1.el6_8.src.rpm i386: firefox-45.5.1-1.el6_8.i686.rpm firefox-debuginfo-45.5.1-1.el6_8.i686.rpm x86_64: firefox-45.5.1-1.el6_8.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-45.5.1-1.el6_8.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6): x86_64: firefox-45.5.1-1.el6_8.i686.rpm firefox-debuginfo-45.5.1-1.el6_8.i686.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6): Source: firefox-45.5.1-1.el6_8.src.rpm x86_64: firefox-45.5.1-1.el6_8.i686.rpm firefox-45.5.1-1.el6_8.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-45.5.1-1.el6_8.i686.rpm firefox-debuginfo-45.5.1-1.el6_8.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6): Source: firefox-45.5.1-1.el6_8.src.rpm i386: firefox-45.5.1-1.el6_8.i686.rpm firefox-debuginfo-45.5.1-1.el6_8.i686.rpm ppc64: firefox-45.5.1-1.el6_8.ppc64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-45.5.1-1.el6_8.ppc64.rpm s390x: firefox-45.5.1-1.el6_8.s390x.rpm firefox-debuginfo-45.5.1-1.el6_8.s390x.rpm x86_64: firefox-45.5.1-1.el6_8.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-45.5.1-1.el6_8.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6): ppc64: firefox-45.5.1-1.el6_8.ppc.rpm firefox-debuginfo-45.5.1-1.el6_8.ppc.rpm s390x: firefox-45.5.1-1.el6_8.s390.rpm firefox-debuginfo-45.5.1-1.el6_8.s390.rpm x86_64: firefox-45.5.1-1.el6_8.i686.rpm firefox-debuginfo-45.5.1-1.el6_8.i686.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6): Source: firefox-45.5.1-1.el6_8.src.rpm i386: firefox-45.5.1-1.el6_8.i686.rpm firefox-debuginfo-45.5.1-1.el6_8.i686.rpm x86_64: firefox-45.5.1-1.el6_8.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-45.5.1-1.el6_8.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6): x86_64: firefox-45.5.1-1.el6_8.i686.rpm firefox-debuginfo-45.5.1-1.el6_8.i686.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7): Source: firefox-45.5.1-1.el7_3.src.rpm x86_64: firefox-45.5.1-1.el7_3.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-45.5.1-1.el7_3.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7): x86_64: firefox-45.5.1-1.el7_3.i686.rpm firefox-debuginfo-45.5.1-1.el7_3.i686.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7): Source: firefox-45.5.1-1.el7_3.src.rpm aarch64: firefox-45.5.1-1.el7_3.aarch64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-45.5.1-1.el7_3.aarch64.rpm ppc64: firefox-45.5.1-1.el7_3.ppc64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-45.5.1-1.el7_3.ppc64.rpm ppc64le: firefox-45.5.1-1.el7_3.ppc64le.rpm firefox-debuginfo-45.5.1-1.el7_3.ppc64le.rpm s390x: firefox-45.5.1-1.el7_3.s390x.rpm firefox-debuginfo-45.5.1-1.el7_3.s390x.rpm x86_64: firefox-45.5.1-1.el7_3.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-45.5.1-1.el7_3.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7): ppc64: firefox-45.5.1-1.el7_3.ppc.rpm firefox-debuginfo-45.5.1-1.el7_3.ppc.rpm s390x: firefox-45.5.1-1.el7_3.s390.rpm firefox-debuginfo-45.5.1-1.el7_3.s390.rpm x86_64: firefox-45.5.1-1.el7_3.i686.rpm firefox-debuginfo-45.5.1-1.el7_3.i686.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7): Source: firefox-45.5.1-1.el7_3.src.rpm x86_64: firefox-45.5.1-1.el7_3.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-45.5.1-1.el7_3.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7): x86_64: firefox-45.5.1-1.el7_3.i686.rpm firefox-debuginfo-45.5.1-1.el7_3.i686.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. 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