RHBA-2012:1429 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated firefox packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The firefox packages provides an open source web browser, Mozilla Firefox.

This update fixes the following bug:

• The "out-of-process plug-ins" feature was previously disabled for wrapped

plug-ins by default. This could cause Firefox to terminate unexpectedly when
accessing a page that contained a flash object and the flash plug-in and the
nswrapperplugin plug-in viewer were installed. To resolve this problem, the
"out-of-process plug-ins" feature has been enabled for the wrapped plug-ins.
Firefox no longer crashes in this scenario. (BZ#871568)

All users of firefox are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix
this bug.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 871568 - Flash/firefox interaction crash ESR 10.0.10 RHEL 5 x86_64

CVEs

(none)

References

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