RHSA-2016:2780

Vulnerability from csaf_opensuse - Published: 2016-11-16 00:00 - Updated: 2026-09-20 10:57
Summary
security update for firefox
Severity
Critical
Notes
Title of the patch: security update for firefox
Description of the patch: This security update provides a functional equivalent of RHSA-2016:2780. The original Red Hat(R) advisory is available from the Red Hat web site at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2780.
Patchnames: RHSA-2016:2780
Terms of use: CSAF 2.0 data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0).
CVE-2016-5290
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Product Identifier Version Remediation
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 7:firefox-0:45.5.0-1.el7_3.i686 —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 7:firefox-0:45.5.0-1.el7_3.x86_64 —
Vendor Fix
Threats
Impact important
CVE-2016-5291
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected products
Recommended 2 products, the same list as for CVE-2016-5290
Threats
Impact moderate
CVE-2016-5296
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products
Recommended 2 products, the same list as for CVE-2016-5290
Threats
Impact important
CVE-2016-5297
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Recommended 2 products, the same list as for CVE-2016-5290
Threats
Impact moderate
CVE-2016-9064
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Affected products
Recommended 2 products, the same list as for CVE-2016-5290
Threats
Impact moderate
CVE-2016-9066
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products
Recommended 2 products, the same list as for CVE-2016-5290
Threats
Impact moderate
References
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        {
          "cvss_v3": {
            "baseScore": 7.5,
            "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
            "version": "3.0"
          },
          "products": [
            "SUSE Liberty Linux 7:firefox-0:45.5.0-1.el7_3.i686",
            "SUSE Liberty Linux 7:firefox-0:45.5.0-1.el7_3.x86_64"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "threats": [
        {
          "category": "impact",
          "date": "2016-11-16T00:00:00Z",
          "details": "moderate"
        }
      ],
      "title": "CVE-2016-9066"
    }
  ]
}



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