firefox (SL5, SL6, SL7)

Synopsis: Critical: firefox security update
Advisory ID: SLSA-2016:0197-1
Issue Date: 2016-02-16
CVE Numbers: CVE-2016-1521
CVE-2016-1522
CVE-2016-1523

Multiple security flaws were found in the graphite2 font library shipped
with Firefox. 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-2016-1521, CVE-2016-1522, CVE-2016-1523)

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

SL5
x86_64
firefox-38.6.1-1.el5_11.i386.rpm
firefox-38.6.1-1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-38.6.1-1.el5_11.i386.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-38.6.1-1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm
i386
firefox-38.6.1-1.el5_11.i386.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-38.6.1-1.el5_11.i386.rpm
SL6
x86_64
firefox-38.6.1-1.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-38.6.1-1.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
firefox-38.6.1-1.el6_7.i686.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-38.6.1-1.el6_7.i686.rpm
i386
firefox-38.6.1-1.el6_7.i686.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-38.6.1-1.el6_7.i686.rpm
SL7
x86_64
firefox-38.6.1-1.el7_2.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-38.6.1-1.el7_2.x86_64.rpm
firefox-38.6.1-1.el7_2.i686.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-38.6.1-1.el7_2.i686.rpm

– Scientific Linux Development Team