RHSA-2015:1693Critical

Red Hat Security Advisory: firefox security update

Published
August 27, 2015
Last Modified
June 25, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (2)

CVE-2015-4497 →CVE-2015-4498 →

📋 Description

CVE-2015-4497 — Mozilla: Use-after-free when resizing canvas element during restyling (MFSA 2015-94) CVE-2015-4498 — Mozilla: Add-on notification bypass through data URLs (MFSA 2015-95)

🎯 Affected products91

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7)
  • firefox-0:38.2.1-1.ael7b_1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • firefox-0:38.2.1-1.ael7b_1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • firefox-0:38.2.1-1.el5_11.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • firefox-0:38.2.1-1.el5_11.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • firefox-0:38.2.1-1.el5_11.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • firefox-0:38.2.1-1.el5_11.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • firefox-0:38.2.1-1.el5_11.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • firefox-0:38.2.1-1.el5_11.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • firefox-0:38.2.1-1.el5_11.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • firefox-0:38.2.1-1.el5_11.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • firefox-0:38.2.1-1.el5_11.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • firefox-0:38.2.1-1.el6_7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • firefox-0:38.2.1-1.el6_7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)
  • firefox-0:38.2.1-1.el6_7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)
  • firefox-0:38.2.1-1.el6_7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • +61 more not shown

✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

🔗 References (7)