Fedora Core 3 2005-603 Critical: Firefox Multiple Security Issues

Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards

compliance, performance and portability.

Mozilla Firefox is an open source Web browser.

A bug was found in the way Firefox handled synthetic events. It is possible

that Web content could generate events such as keystrokes or mouse clicks

that could be used to steal data or execute malicious JavaScript code. The

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned

the name CAN-2005-2260 to this issue.

A bug was found in the way Firefox executed Javascript in XBL controls. It

is possible for a malicious webpage to leverage this vulnerability to

execute other JavaScript based attacks even when JavaScript is disabled.

(CAN-2005-2261)

A bug was found in the way Firefox set an image as the desktop wallpaper.

If a user chooses the "Set As Wallpaper..." context menu item on a

specially crafted image, it is possible for an attacker to execute

arbitrary code on a victim's machine. (CAN-2005-2262)

A bug was found in the way Firefox installed its extensions. If a user can

be tricked into visiting a malicious webpage, it may be possible to obtain

sensitive information such as cookies or passwords. (CAN-2005-2263)

A bug was found in the way Firefox handled the _search target. It is

possible for a malicious website to inject JavaScript into an already open

webpage. (CAN-2005-2264)

A bug was found in the way Firefox handled certain Javascript functions. It

is possible for a malicious web page to crash the browser by executing

malformed Javascript code. (CAN-2005-2265)

A bug was found in the way Firefox handled multiple frame domains. It is

possible for a frame as part of a malicious web site to inject content into

a frame that belongs to another domain. This issue was previously fixed as

CAN-2004-0718 but was accidentally disabled. (CAN-2005-1937)

A bug was found in the way Firefox handled child frames. It is possible for

a malicious framed page to steal sensitive information from its parent

page. (CAN-2005-2266)

A bug was found in the way Firefox opened URLs from media players. If a

media player opens a URL that is JavaScript, JavaScript is executed

with access to the currently open webpage. (CAN-2005-2267)

A design flaw was found in the way Firefox displayed alerts and prompts.

Alerts and prompts were given the generic title [JavaScript Application]

which prevented a user from knowing which site created them. (CAN-2005-2268)

A bug was found in the way Firefox handled DOM node names. It is possible

for a malicious site to overwrite a DOM node name, allowing certain

privileged chrome actions to execute the malicious JavaScript. (CAN-2005-2269)

A bug was found in the way Firefox cloned base objects. It is possible for

Web content to navigate up the prototype chain to gain access to privileged

chrome objects. (CAN-2005-2270)

Users of Firefox are advised to upgrade to this updated package that

contains Firefox version 1.0.6 and is not vulnerable to these issues.

- Update to 1.0.6

* Mon Jul 18 2005 Christopher Aillon 0:1.0.6-0.1.fc3

- 1.0.6 Candidate Release

* Sun May 15 2005 Christopher Aillon

- Re-enable jsd now that there are venkman versions that work with Firefox

af02171d12225714c15c60f04c20e2f9 SRPMS/firefox-1.0.6-1.1.fc3.src.rpm

ef8cb22e843e9c462b070913124eb55d x86_64/firefox-1.0.6-1.1.fc3.x86_64.rpm

54fbfd492a9d044b64166a226cef75ca x86_64/debug/firefox-debuginfo-1.0.6-1.1.fc3.x86_64.rpm

0b8019d7294f3be8d1647cf7d571ae14 i386/firefox-1.0.6-1.1.fc3.i386.rpm

8f0c85f49676902e4f0be8f90aa52712 i386/debug/firefox-debuginfo-1.0.6-1.1.fc3.i386.rpm

This update can also be installed with the Update Agent; you can

launch the Update Agent with the 'up2date' command.

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