After security update firefox tries to download bin from self-repair.mozilla.org and then segfaults

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • While starting firefox, it tries to download repair.bin
  • If file is saved the pop-up goes away and a few seconds later, firefox crashes with a segmentation fault.
  • If download is cancelled, firefox crashes with a segmentation fault.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7
  • firefox-38.6.1-1.el6_7

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