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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 RHSA-2010:0808-01 Critical Firefox Race Issue

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Calendar Grey October 27, 2010
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Important Mozilla Firefox security patch for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 fixes a vulnerability caused by a race condition. Upgrade recommended.
An updated firefox package that fixes one security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4

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.
A race condition flaw was found in the way Firefox handled Document Object Model (DOM) element properties. 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-2010-3765)
For technical details regarding this flaw, refer to the Mozilla security advisories for Firefox 3.6.12. You can find a link to the Mozilla advisories in the References section of this erratum.
All Firefox users should upgrade to this updated package, which contains a backported patch to correct this issue. After installing the update, Firefox must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update red hat critical security fix race condition firefox

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3765 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#critical https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox-3.6/

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:
Source:
i386: firefox-3.6.11-4.el4_8.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.6.11-4.el4_8.i386.rpm
ia64: firefox-3.6.11-4.el4_8.ia64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.6.11-4.el4_8.ia64.rpm
ppc: firefox-3.6.11-4.el4_8.ppc.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.6.11-4.el4_8.ppc.rpm
s390: firefox-3.6.11-4.el4_8.s390.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.6.11-4.el4_8.s390.rpm
s390x: firefox-3.6.11-4.el4_8.s390x.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.6.11-4.el4_8.s390x.rpm
x86_64: firefox-3.6.11-4.el4_8.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.6.11-4.el4_8.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:
Source:
i386: firefox-3.6.11-4.el4_8.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.6.11-4.el4_8.i386.rpm
x86_64: firefox-3.6.11-4.el4_8.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.6.11-4.el4_8.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:
Source:
i386: firefox-3.6.11-4.el4_8.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.6.11-4.el4_8.i386.rpm
ia64: firefox-3.6.11-4.el4_8.ia64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.6.11-4.el4_8.ia64.rpm
x86_64: firefox-3.6.11-4.el4_8.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.6.11-4.el4_8.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:
Source:
i386: firefox-3.6.11-4.el4_8.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.6.11-4.el4_8.i386.rpm
ia64: firefox-3.6.11-4.el4_8.ia64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.6.11-4.el4_8.ia64.rpm
x86_64:

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2010:0808-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0808.html
Issue date: 2010-10-27

Topic

An updated firefox package that fixes one security issue is now availablefor Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having criticalsecurity impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link inthe References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update red hat critical security fix race condition firefox

Relevant Releases Architectures

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

646997 - CVE-2010-3765 Firefox race condition flaw (MFSA 2010-73)

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