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Red Hat 5: RHSA-2010:0501-01 Critical: Firefox Security Update

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Calendar Grey June 22, 2010
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Important update from Red Hat released for firefox, tackling several vulnerabilities, improvements, and bug fixes in version 3.6.4.
Updated firefox packages that address several security issues, fix bugs, add numerous enhancements, and upgrade Firefox to version 3.6.4, are now available for Red Hat Enterprise L...

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.
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-2010-1121, CVE-2010-1200, CVE-2010-1202, CVE-2010-1203)
A flaw was found in the way browser plug-ins interact. It was possible for a plug-in to reference the freed memory from a different plug-in, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Firefox. (CVE-2010-1198)
Several integer overflow 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-2010-1196, CVE-2010-1199)
A focus stealing flaw was found in the way Firefox handled focus changes. A malicious website could use this flaw to steal sensitive data from a user, such as usernames and passwords. (CVE-2010-1125)
A flaw was found in the way Firefox handled the "Content-Disposition: attachment" HTTP header when the "Content-Type: multipart" HTTP header was also present. A website that allows arbitrary uploads and relies on the "Content-Disposition: attachment" HTTP header to prevent content from being displayed inline, could be used by an attacker to serve malicious content to users. (CVE-2010-1197)
A flaw was found in the Firefox Math.random() function. This function could be used to identify a browsing session and track a user across different websites. (CVE-2008-5913)
A flaw was found in the Firefox XML document loading security checks. Certain security checks were not being called when an XML document was loaded. This could possibly be leveraged later by an attacker to load certain resources that violate the security policies of the browser or its add-ons. Note that this issue cannot be exploited by only loading an XML document. (CVE-2010-0182)
For technical details regarding these flaws, refer to the Mozilla security advisories for Firefox 3.6.4. You can find a link to the Mozilla advisories in the References section of this erratum.
This erratum upgrades Firefox from version 3.0.19 to version 3.6.4. Due to the requirements of Firefox 3.6.4, this erratum also provides a number of other updated packages, including esc, totem, and yelp.
This erratum also contains multiple bug fixes and numerous enhancements. Space precludes documenting these changes in this advisory. For details concerning these changes, refer to the Firefox Release Notes links in the References section of this erratum.
Important: Firefox 3.6.4 is not completely backwards-compatible with all Mozilla Add-ons and Firefox plug-ins that worked with Firefox 3.0.19. Firefox 3.6 checks compatibility on first-launch, and, depending on the individual configuration and the installed Add-ons and plug-ins, may disable said Add-ons and plug-ins, or attempt to check for updates and upgrade them. Add-ons and plug-ins may have to be manually updated.
All Firefox users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain Firefox version 3.6.4. After installing the update, Firefox must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-5913 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0182 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1121 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1125 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1196 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1197 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1198 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1199 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1200 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1202 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1203 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#critical https://website-archive.mozilla.org/ https://website-archive.mozilla.org/ https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox-3.5/ https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox-3.6/

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):
Source:
i386: devhelp-0.12-21.el5.i386.rpm devhelp-debuginfo-0.12-21.el5.i386.rpm esc-1.1.0-12.el5.i386.rpm esc-debuginfo-1.1.0-12.el5.i386.rpm firefox-3.6.4-8.el5.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.6.4-8.el5.i386.rpm gnome-python2-extras-2.14.2-7.el5.i386.rpm gnome-python2-extras-debuginfo-2.14.2-7.el5.i386.rpm gnome-python2-gtkhtml2-2.14.2-7.el5.i386.rpm gnome-python2-gtkmozembed-2.14.2-7.el5.i386.rpm gnome-python2-gtkspell-2.14.2-7.el5.i386.rpm gnome-python2-libegg-2.14.2-7.el5.i386.rpm totem-2.16.7-7.el5.i386.rpm totem-debuginfo-2.16.7-7.el5.i386.rpm totem-mozplugin-2.16.7-7.el5.i386.rpm xulrunner-1.9.2.4-9.el5.i386.rpm xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.2.4-9.el5.i386.rpm xulrunner-devel-1.9.2.4-9.el5.i386.rpm yelp-2.16.0-26.el5.i386.rpm yelp-debuginfo-2.16.0-26.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64: devhelp-0.12-21.el5.i386.rpm devhelp-0.12-21.el5.x86_64.rpm devhelp-debuginfo-0.12-21.el5.i386.rpm devhelp-debuginfo-0.12-21.el5.x86_64.rpm esc-1.1.0-12.el5.x86_64.rpm esc-debuginfo-1.1.0-12.el5.x86_64.rpm firefox-3.6.4-8.el5.i386.rpm firefox-3.6.4-8.el5.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.6.4-8.el5.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.6.4-8.el5.x86_64.rpm gnome-python2-extras-2.14.2-7.el5.x86_64.rpm gnome-python2-extras-debuginfo-2.14.2-7.el5.x86_64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2010:0501-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue date: 2010-06-22

Topic

Updated firefox packages that address several security issues, fix bugs,add numerous enhancements, and upgrade Firefox to version 3.6.4, are nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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.

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 Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

480938 - CVE-2008-5913 mozilla: in-session phishing attack

577029 - CVE-2010-1121 firefox: arbitrary code execution via memory corruption

577584 - CVE-2010-1125 firefox: keystrokes sent to hidden frame rather than visible frame due to javascript flaw

586580 - CVE-2010-0182 mozilla: XMLDocument::load() doesn't check nsIContentPolicy (MFSA 2010-24)

590804 - CVE-2010-1200 Mozilla Crashes with evidence of memory corruption

590810 - CVE-2010-1202 Mozilla Crashes with evidence of memory corruption

590816 - CVE-2010-1203 Mozilla Crashes with evidence of memory corruption

590828 - CVE-2010-1198 Mozilla Freed object reuse across plugin instances

590830 - CVE-2010-1196 Mozilla Heap buffer overflow in nsGenericDOMDataNode::SetTextInternal

590833 - CVE-2010-1199 Mozilla Integer Overflow in XSLT Node Sorting

590850 - CVE-2010-1197 Mozilla Content-Disposition: attachment ignored if Content-Type: multipart also present

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