RHSA-2015:1693

Vulnerability from csaf_opensuse - Published: 2015-08-27 00:00 - Updated: 2026-09-20 10:54
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-2015:1693. The original Red Hat(R) advisory is available from the Red Hat web site at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1693.
Patchnames: RHSA-2015:1693
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-2015-4497
Affected products
Product Identifier Version Remediation
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 7:firefox-0:38.2.1-1.el7_1.i686 —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 7:firefox-0:38.2.1-1.el7_1.x86_64 —
Vendor Fix
Threats
Impact moderate
CVE-2015-4498
Affected products
Recommended 2 products, the same list as for CVE-2015-4497
Threats
Impact moderate
References
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