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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4: RHSA-2011:1440-01 Moderate: SeaMonkey XSS

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Calendar Grey November 8, 2011
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Important security patch for SeaMonkey on Fedora Linux addressing XSS vulnerability, advisory RHSA-2011:1440-02.
Updated seamonkey packages that fix one security issue 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.
A cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw was found in the way SeaMonkey handled certain multibyte character sets. A web page containing malicious content could cause SeaMonkey to run JavaScript code with the permissions of a different website. (CVE-2011-3648)
All SeaMonkey users should upgrade to these updated packages, which correct this issue. After installing the update, SeaMonkey must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate update red hat xss seamonkey

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3648 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:
Source:
i386: seamonkey-1.0.9-77.el4.i386.rpm seamonkey-chat-1.0.9-77.el4.i386.rpm seamonkey-debuginfo-1.0.9-77.el4.i386.rpm seamonkey-devel-1.0.9-77.el4.i386.rpm seamonkey-dom-inspector-1.0.9-77.el4.i386.rpm seamonkey-js-debugger-1.0.9-77.el4.i386.rpm seamonkey-mail-1.0.9-77.el4.i386.rpm
ia64: seamonkey-1.0.9-77.el4.ia64.rpm seamonkey-chat-1.0.9-77.el4.ia64.rpm seamonkey-debuginfo-1.0.9-77.el4.ia64.rpm seamonkey-devel-1.0.9-77.el4.ia64.rpm seamonkey-dom-inspector-1.0.9-77.el4.ia64.rpm seamonkey-js-debugger-1.0.9-77.el4.ia64.rpm seamonkey-mail-1.0.9-77.el4.ia64.rpm
ppc: seamonkey-1.0.9-77.el4.ppc.rpm seamonkey-chat-1.0.9-77.el4.ppc.rpm seamonkey-debuginfo-1.0.9-77.el4.ppc.rpm seamonkey-devel-1.0.9-77.el4.ppc.rpm seamonkey-dom-inspector-1.0.9-77.el4.ppc.rpm seamonkey-js-debugger-1.0.9-77.el4.ppc.rpm seamonkey-mail-1.0.9-77.el4.ppc.rpm
s390: seamonkey-1.0.9-77.el4.s390.rpm seamonkey-chat-1.0.9-77.el4.s390.rpm seamonkey-debuginfo-1.0.9-77.el4.s390.rpm seamonkey-devel-1.0.9-77.el4.s390.rpm seamonkey-dom-inspector-1.0.9-77.el4.s390.rpm seamonkey-js-debugger-1.0.9-77.el4.s390.rpm seamonkey-mail-1.0.9-77.el4.s390.rpm
s390x: seamonkey-1.0.9-77.el4.s390x.rpm seamonkey-chat-1.0.9-77.el4.s390x.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2011:1440-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:1440.html
Issue date: 2011-11-08

Topic

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

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate update red hat xss seamonkey

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

751932 - CVE-2011-3648 Mozilla: Universal XSS likely with MultiByte charset (MFSA 2011-47)

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