Synopsis:          Critical: firefox security update

Advisory ID:       SLSA-2015:1693-1

Issue Date:        2015-08-27

CVE Numbers:       CVE-2015-4497

                   CVE-2015-4498

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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-2015-4497)



A flaw was found in the way Firefox handled installation of add-ons. An

attacker could use this flaw to bypass the add-on installation prompt, and

trick the user inso installing an add-on from a malicious source.

(CVE-2015-4498)



After installing the update, Firefox must be restarted for the changes

to take effect.

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SL5

  x86_64

    firefox-38.2.1-1.el5_11.i386.rpm

    firefox-38.2.1-1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm

    firefox-debuginfo-38.2.1-1.el5_11.i386.rpm

    firefox-debuginfo-38.2.1-1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm

  i386

    firefox-38.2.1-1.el5_11.i386.rpm

    firefox-debuginfo-38.2.1-1.el5_11.i386.rpm

SL6

  x86_64

    firefox-38.2.1-1.el6_7.x86_64.rpm

    firefox-debuginfo-38.2.1-1.el6_7.x86_64.rpm

    firefox-38.2.1-1.el6_7.i686.rpm

    firefox-debuginfo-38.2.1-1.el6_7.i686.rpm

  i386

    firefox-38.2.1-1.el6_7.i686.rpm

    firefox-debuginfo-38.2.1-1.el6_7.i686.rpm

SL7

  x86_64

    firefox-38.2.1-1.el7_1.x86_64.rpm

    firefox-debuginfo-38.2.1-1.el7_1.x86_64.rpm

    firefox-38.2.1-1.el7_1.i686.rpm

    firefox-debuginfo-38.2.1-1.el7_1.i686.rpm



- Scientific Linux Development Team