Synopsis: Critical: firefox security update Advisory ID: SLSA-2013:1812-1 Issue Date: 2013-12-11 CVE Numbers: CVE-2013-5609 CVE-2013-5612 CVE-2013-5614 CVE-2013-5616 CVE-2013-5618 CVE-2013-6671 CVE-2013-5613 -- Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A web page containing malicious content could cause Firefox to terminate unexpectedly or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Firefox. (CVE-2013-5609, CVE-2013-5616, CVE-2013-5618, CVE-2013-6671, CVE-2013-5613) A flaw was found in the way Firefox rendered web content with missing character encoding information. An attacker could use this flaw to possibly bypass same-origin inheritance and perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. (CVE-2013-5612) It was found that certain malicious web content could bypass restrictions applied by sandboxed iframes. An attacker could combine this flaw with other vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Firefox. (CVE-2013-5614) After installing the update, Firefox must be restarted for the changes to take effect. -- SL5 x86_64 firefox-24.2.0-1.el5_10.i386.rpm firefox-24.2.0-1.el5_10.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-24.2.0-1.el5_10.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-24.2.0-1.el5_10.x86_64.rpm i386 firefox-24.2.0-1.el5_10.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-24.2.0-1.el5_10.i386.rpm - Scientific Linux Development Team