firefox (SL5, SL6, SL7)

Synopsis: Critical: firefox security update
Advisory ID: SLSA-2014:1635-1
Issue Date: 2014-10-15
CVE Numbers: CVE-2014-1574
CVE-2014-1576
CVE-2014-1577
CVE-2014-1578
CVE-2014-1581
CVE-2014-1583

Several 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-2014-1574, CVE-2014-1578, CVE-2014-1581,
CVE-2014-1576, CVE-2014-1577)

A flaw was found in the Alarm API, which allows applications to schedule
actions to be run in the future. A malicious web application could use
this flaw to bypass cross-origin restrictions. (CVE-2014-1583)

After installing the update, Firefox must be restarted for the
changes to take effect.

SL5
x86_64
firefox-31.2.0-3.el5_11.i386.rpm
firefox-31.2.0-3.el5_11.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-31.2.0-3.el5_11.i386.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-31.2.0-3.el5_11.x86_64.rpm
i386
firefox-31.2.0-3.el5_11.i386.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-31.2.0-3.el5_11.i386.rpm
SL6
x86_64
firefox-31.2.0-3.el6_6.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-31.2.0-3.el6_6.x86_64.rpm
firefox-31.2.0-3.el6_6.i686.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-31.2.0-3.el6_6.i686.rpm
i386
firefox-31.2.0-3.el6_6.i686.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-31.2.0-3.el6_6.i686.rpm
SL7
x86_64
firefox-31.2.0-3.el7_0.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-31.2.0-3.el7_0.x86_64.rpm
xulrunner-31.2.0-1.el7_0.i686.rpm
xulrunner-31.2.0-1.el7_0.x86_64.rpm
xulrunner-debuginfo-31.2.0-1.el7_0.i686.rpm
xulrunner-debuginfo-31.2.0-1.el7_0.x86_64.rpm
firefox-31.2.0-3.el7_0.i686.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-31.2.0-3.el7_0.i686.rpm
xulrunner-devel-31.2.0-1.el7_0.i686.rpm
xulrunner-devel-31.2.0-1.el7_0.x86_64.rpm

– Scientific Linux Development Team