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HistoryDec 16, 2016 - 2:19 p.m.

firefox security update

2016-12-1614:19:50
CentOS Project
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9.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

7.5 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

0.852 High

EPSS

Percentile

98.5%

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2016:2946

Mozilla Firefox is an open source web browser.

This update upgrades Firefox to version 45.6.0 ESR.

Security Fix(es):

  • Multiple 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-2016-9893, CVE-2016-9899, CVE-2016-9895, CVE-2016-9897, CVE-2016-9898,
    CVE-2016-9900, CVE-2016-9901, CVE-2016-9902, CVE-2016-9904, CVE-2016-9905)

Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting these issues.
Upstream acknowledges Philipp, Wladimir Palant, Nils, Jann Horn, Aral, Andrew
Krasichkov, insertscript, Jan de Mooij, Iris Hsiao, Christian Holler, Carsten
Book, Timothy Nikkel, Christoph Diehl, Olli Pettay, Raymond Forbes, and Boris
Zbarsky as the original reporters.

Merged security bulletin from advisories:
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2016-December/084340.html
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2016-December/084341.html
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2016-December/084342.html

Affected packages:
firefox

Upstream details at:
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2946

9.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

7.5 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

0.852 High

EPSS

Percentile

98.5%