RHBA-2018:2218 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated firefox packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance, and portability.

This update fixes the following bug:

• Previously, the Firefox application terminated unexpectedly when attempting to display the file download dialog. With this update, the XDG_DATA_DIRS variable has been set correctly. As a result, showing the file dialog now works as expected. (BZ#1596852)

Users of Firefox are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes this bug. After installing the update, Firefox must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

Solution

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

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 1596852 - XDG_DATA_DIRS is not set by the Firefox 60.1.0 wrapper

CVEs

(none)

References

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