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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Critical: RHSA-2010:0345-01 Firefox Security Fix

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Calendar Grey March 30, 2010
Dist Redhat Esm H88
An important Firefox patch for CentOS resolving multiple serious vulnerabilities, notably the potential for unauthorized code execution.
Updated firefox packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5

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

Summary

Mozilla Firefox is an open source Web browser. XULRunner provides the XUL Runtime environment for Mozilla Firefox.
Several use-after-free flaws were found in Firefox. Visiting a web page containing malicious content could result in Firefox executing arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Firefox. (CVE-2010-0175, CVE-2010-0176, CVE-2010-0177)
A flaw was found in Firefox that could allow an applet to generate a drag and drop action from a mouse click. Such an action could be used to execute arbitrary JavaScript with the privileges of the user running Firefox. (CVE-2010-0178)
A privilege escalation flaw was found in Firefox when the Firebug add-on is in use. The XMLHttpRequestSpy module in the Firebug add-on exposes a Chrome privilege escalation flaw that could be used to execute arbitrary JavaScript with the privileges of the user running Firefox. (CVE-2010-0179)
Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A web page containing malicious content could cause Firefox to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Firefox. (CVE-2010-0174)
For technical details regarding these flaws, refer to the Mozilla security advisories for Firefox 3.0.19. You can find a link to the Mozilla advisories in the References section of this erratum.
All Firefox users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain Firefox version 3.0.19, which corrects these issues. After installing the update, Firefox must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

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Topics Covered

security advisory arbitrary code execution Red Hat Enterprise Linux critical update firefox browser flaw

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0174 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0175 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0176 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0177 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0178 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0179 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#critical https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox-3.0/

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:
Source:
i386: firefox-3.0.19-1.el4.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.19-1.el4.i386.rpm
ia64: firefox-3.0.19-1.el4.ia64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.19-1.el4.ia64.rpm
ppc: firefox-3.0.19-1.el4.ppc.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.19-1.el4.ppc.rpm
s390: firefox-3.0.19-1.el4.s390.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.19-1.el4.s390.rpm
s390x: firefox-3.0.19-1.el4.s390x.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.19-1.el4.s390x.rpm
x86_64: firefox-3.0.19-1.el4.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.19-1.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:
Source:
i386: firefox-3.0.19-1.el4.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.19-1.el4.i386.rpm
x86_64: firefox-3.0.19-1.el4.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.19-1.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:
Source:
i386: firefox-3.0.19-1.el4.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.19-1.el4.i386.rpm
ia64: firefox-3.0.19-1.el4.ia64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.19-1.el4.ia64.rpm
x86_64: firefox-3.0.19-1.el4.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.19-1.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:
Source:
i386: firefox-3.0.19-1.el4.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.19-1.el4.i386.rpm
ia64: firefox-3.0.19-1.el4.ia64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.19-1.el4.ia64.rpm
x86_64: firefox-3.0.19-1.el4.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.19-1.el4.x86_64.rpm


Read the Full Advisory


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2010:0332-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0332.html
Issue date: 2010-03-30

Topic

Updated firefox packages that fix several security issues are now availablefor Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having criticalsecurity impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores,which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE links in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory arbitrary code execution Red Hat Enterprise Linux critical update firefox browser flaw

Relevant Releases Architectures

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

578147 - CVE-2010-0174 Mozilla crashes with evidence of memory corruption

578149 - CVE-2010-0175 Mozilla remote code execution with use-after-free in nsTreeSelection

578150 - CVE-2010-0176 Mozilla Dangling pointer vulnerability in nsTreeContentView

578152 - CVE-2010-0177 Mozilla Dangling pointer vulnerability in nsPluginArray

578154 - CVE-2010-0178 Firefox Chrome privilege escalation via forced URL drag and drop

578155 - CVE-2010-0179 Firefox Arbitrary code execution with Firebug XMLHttpRequestSpy

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