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Red Hat 4: RHSA-2012:0141-01 Critical: SeaMonkey Buffer Overflow

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Calendar Grey February 16, 2012
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A security patch for SeaMonkey released by Red Hat tackles a severe buffer overflow vulnerability, necessitating prompt action from its user base.
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, e-mail and newsgroup client, IRC chat client, and HTML editor.
A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way SeaMonkey handled PNG (Portable Network Graphics) images. A web page containing a malicious PNG image could cause SeaMonkey to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running SeaMonkey. (CVE-2011-3026)
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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical issue Red Hat buffer overflow software update security fix SeaMonkey

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3026 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#critical

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:
Source:
i386: seamonkey-1.0.9-79.el4.i386.rpm seamonkey-chat-1.0.9-79.el4.i386.rpm seamonkey-debuginfo-1.0.9-79.el4.i386.rpm seamonkey-devel-1.0.9-79.el4.i386.rpm seamonkey-dom-inspector-1.0.9-79.el4.i386.rpm seamonkey-js-debugger-1.0.9-79.el4.i386.rpm seamonkey-mail-1.0.9-79.el4.i386.rpm
ia64: seamonkey-1.0.9-79.el4.ia64.rpm seamonkey-chat-1.0.9-79.el4.ia64.rpm seamonkey-debuginfo-1.0.9-79.el4.ia64.rpm seamonkey-devel-1.0.9-79.el4.ia64.rpm seamonkey-dom-inspector-1.0.9-79.el4.ia64.rpm seamonkey-js-debugger-1.0.9-79.el4.ia64.rpm seamonkey-mail-1.0.9-79.el4.ia64.rpm
ppc: seamonkey-1.0.9-79.el4.ppc.rpm seamonkey-chat-1.0.9-79.el4.ppc.rpm seamonkey-debuginfo-1.0.9-79.el4.ppc.rpm seamonkey-devel-1.0.9-79.el4.ppc.rpm seamonkey-dom-inspector-1.0.9-79.el4.ppc.rpm seamonkey-js-debugger-1.0.9-79.el4.ppc.rpm seamonkey-mail-1.0.9-79.el4.ppc.rpm
s390: seamonkey-1.0.9-79.el4.s390.rpm seamonkey-chat-1.0.9-79.el4.s390.rpm seamonkey-debuginfo-1.0.9-79.el4.s390.rpm seamonkey-devel-1.0.9-79.el4.s390.rpm seamonkey-dom-inspector-1.0.9-79.el4.s390.rpm seamonkey-js-debugger-1.0.9-79.el4.s390.rpm seamonkey-mail-1.0.9-79.el4.s390.rpm
s390x: seamonkey-1.0.9-79.el4.s390x.rpm seamonkey-chat-1.0.9-79.el4.s390x.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2012:0141-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:0141.html
Issue date: 2012-02-16

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 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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory critical issue Red Hat buffer overflow software update security fix 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

790737 - CVE-2011-3026 libpng: Heap-buffer-overflow in png_decompress_chunk

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