Synopsis

firefox bug fix update

Type/Severity

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 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

Fixes

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

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
firefox-60.1.0-6.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: bceba9d55fb8dd0221f21a531474470cf1c80403816d93a30c530669a6975880
x86_64
firefox-60.1.0-6.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: db55ac0f6f1724a9d645a72469595be578d74296b6ec6f804eef62b7f81122c5
firefox-60.1.0-6.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 6a51bf8fa5737e329d0858cc18708dcc74e1076d97658e2c37a153a4df598e05
firefox-debuginfo-60.1.0-6.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 9bb636a5c7d5412962c57055b971105d7486f04a752134a0f153c860e3c92152
firefox-debuginfo-60.1.0-6.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: dba686f4eded4d483154f516d0cde38282129d5d8f96c7f68b68f263dc6760dd
i386
firefox-60.1.0-6.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: db55ac0f6f1724a9d645a72469595be578d74296b6ec6f804eef62b7f81122c5
firefox-debuginfo-60.1.0-6.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 9bb636a5c7d5412962c57055b971105d7486f04a752134a0f153c860e3c92152

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
firefox-60.1.0-6.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: bceba9d55fb8dd0221f21a531474470cf1c80403816d93a30c530669a6975880
x86_64
firefox-60.1.0-6.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: db55ac0f6f1724a9d645a72469595be578d74296b6ec6f804eef62b7f81122c5
firefox-60.1.0-6.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 6a51bf8fa5737e329d0858cc18708dcc74e1076d97658e2c37a153a4df598e05
firefox-debuginfo-60.1.0-6.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 9bb636a5c7d5412962c57055b971105d7486f04a752134a0f153c860e3c92152
firefox-debuginfo-60.1.0-6.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: dba686f4eded4d483154f516d0cde38282129d5d8f96c7f68b68f263dc6760dd
i386
firefox-60.1.0-6.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: db55ac0f6f1724a9d645a72469595be578d74296b6ec6f804eef62b7f81122c5
firefox-debuginfo-60.1.0-6.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 9bb636a5c7d5412962c57055b971105d7486f04a752134a0f153c860e3c92152

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
firefox-60.1.0-6.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: bceba9d55fb8dd0221f21a531474470cf1c80403816d93a30c530669a6975880
x86_64
firefox-60.1.0-6.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: db55ac0f6f1724a9d645a72469595be578d74296b6ec6f804eef62b7f81122c5
firefox-60.1.0-6.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 6a51bf8fa5737e329d0858cc18708dcc74e1076d97658e2c37a153a4df598e05
firefox-debuginfo-60.1.0-6.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 9bb636a5c7d5412962c57055b971105d7486f04a752134a0f153c860e3c92152
firefox-debuginfo-60.1.0-6.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: dba686f4eded4d483154f516d0cde38282129d5d8f96c7f68b68f263dc6760dd
i386
firefox-60.1.0-6.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: db55ac0f6f1724a9d645a72469595be578d74296b6ec6f804eef62b7f81122c5
firefox-debuginfo-60.1.0-6.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 9bb636a5c7d5412962c57055b971105d7486f04a752134a0f153c860e3c92152

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6

SRPM
firefox-60.1.0-6.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: bceba9d55fb8dd0221f21a531474470cf1c80403816d93a30c530669a6975880
s390x
firefox-60.1.0-6.el6.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 753014335f8bba007939eec0c17d0bf4c0b046ec31e81187453a2b52f7dc31ee
firefox-debuginfo-60.1.0-6.el6.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: ba3bcddeaf3f22f866b0f615b57c8f295cd61c24540512443f72b4bb3fbda9b1

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
firefox-60.1.0-6.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: bceba9d55fb8dd0221f21a531474470cf1c80403816d93a30c530669a6975880
ppc64
firefox-60.1.0-6.el6.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: 7427490fb6dd8d6357a0244fb47dcdb56c4853136ddcf7ae3a993d593fce2679
firefox-debuginfo-60.1.0-6.el6.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: 8c122ebc21b54b3bece85d827b27b1102313ac6ae68fd887b5f4d20e8dcc25c7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
firefox-60.1.0-6.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: bceba9d55fb8dd0221f21a531474470cf1c80403816d93a30c530669a6975880
x86_64
firefox-60.1.0-6.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: db55ac0f6f1724a9d645a72469595be578d74296b6ec6f804eef62b7f81122c5
firefox-60.1.0-6.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 6a51bf8fa5737e329d0858cc18708dcc74e1076d97658e2c37a153a4df598e05
firefox-debuginfo-60.1.0-6.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 9bb636a5c7d5412962c57055b971105d7486f04a752134a0f153c860e3c92152
firefox-debuginfo-60.1.0-6.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: dba686f4eded4d483154f516d0cde38282129d5d8f96c7f68b68f263dc6760dd