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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4: RHSA-2011:1167-01 Critical SeaMonkey Update

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Calendar Grey August 16, 2011
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Crucial SeaMonkey security patch for Red Hat Enterprise Linux tackles multiple threats affecting user safety.
Updated seamonkey packages that fix several security issues are 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 https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Summary

SeaMonkey is an open source web browser, email and newsgroup client, IRC chat client, and HTML editor.
Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A web page containing malicious content could cause SeaMonkey to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running SeaMonkey. (CVE-2011-2982)
A flaw was found in the way SeaMonkey handled malformed JavaScript. A web page containing malicious JavaScript could cause SeaMonkey to access already freed memory, causing SeaMonkey to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running SeaMonkey. (CVE-2011-2983)
All SeaMonkey users should upgrade to these updated packages, which correct these issues. After installing the update, SeaMonkey must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical code execution Red Hat Enterprise Linux seamonkey memory safety

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2982 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2983 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:
Source:
i386: seamonkey-1.0.9-72.el4.i386.rpm seamonkey-chat-1.0.9-72.el4.i386.rpm seamonkey-debuginfo-1.0.9-72.el4.i386.rpm seamonkey-devel-1.0.9-72.el4.i386.rpm seamonkey-dom-inspector-1.0.9-72.el4.i386.rpm seamonkey-js-debugger-1.0.9-72.el4.i386.rpm seamonkey-mail-1.0.9-72.el4.i386.rpm
ia64: seamonkey-1.0.9-72.el4.ia64.rpm seamonkey-chat-1.0.9-72.el4.ia64.rpm seamonkey-debuginfo-1.0.9-72.el4.ia64.rpm seamonkey-devel-1.0.9-72.el4.ia64.rpm seamonkey-dom-inspector-1.0.9-72.el4.ia64.rpm seamonkey-js-debugger-1.0.9-72.el4.ia64.rpm seamonkey-mail-1.0.9-72.el4.ia64.rpm
ppc: seamonkey-1.0.9-72.el4.ppc.rpm seamonkey-chat-1.0.9-72.el4.ppc.rpm seamonkey-debuginfo-1.0.9-72.el4.ppc.rpm seamonkey-devel-1.0.9-72.el4.ppc.rpm seamonkey-dom-inspector-1.0.9-72.el4.ppc.rpm seamonkey-js-debugger-1.0.9-72.el4.ppc.rpm seamonkey-mail-1.0.9-72.el4.ppc.rpm
s390: seamonkey-1.0.9-72.el4.s390.rpm seamonkey-chat-1.0.9-72.el4.s390.rpm seamonkey-debuginfo-1.0.9-72.el4.s390.rpm seamonkey-devel-1.0.9-72.el4.s390.rpm seamonkey-dom-inspector-1.0.9-72.el4.s390.rpm seamonkey-js-debugger-1.0.9-72.el4.s390.rpm seamonkey-mail-1.0.9-72.el4.s390.rpm
s390x: seamonkey-1.0.9-72.el4.s390x.rpm seamonkey-chat-1.0.9-72.el4.s390x.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2011:1167-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:1167.html
Issue date: 2011-08-16

Topic

Updated seamonkey packages that fix several security issues are nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.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 critical code execution Red Hat Enterprise Linux seamonkey memory safety

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

730518 - CVE-2011-2982 Mozilla: Miscellaneous memory safety hazards

730523 - CVE-2011-2983 Mozilla: Private data leakage using RegExp.input

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