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Red Hat: RHSA-2013:0820-01 Critical: Firefox Update for RHEL 5 and 6

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Calendar Grey May 14, 2013
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Urgent security patch released for Firefox on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6; detailed upgrade guidelines enclosed.
Updated firefox packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6

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/knowledge/articles/11258

Summary

Mozilla Firefox is an open source web browser. XULRunner provides the XUL Runtime environment for Mozilla Firefox.
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-2013-0801, CVE-2013-1674, CVE-2013-1675, CVE-2013-1676, CVE-2013-1677, CVE-2013-1678, CVE-2013-1679, CVE-2013-1680, CVE-2013-1681)
A flaw was found in the way Firefox handled Content Level Constructors. A malicious site could use this flaw to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. (CVE-2013-1670)
Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting these issues. Upstream acknowledges Christoph Diehl, Christian Holler, Jesse Ruderman, Timothy Nikkel, Jeff Walden, Nils, Ms2ger, Abhishek Arya, and Cody Crews as the original reporters of these issues.
For technical details regarding these flaws, refer to the Mozilla security advisories for Firefox 17.0.6 ESR. You can find a link to the Mozilla advisories in the References section of this erratum.
All Firefox users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain Firefox version 17.0.6 ESR, which corrects these issues. After installing the update, Firefox must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0801 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1670 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1674 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1675 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1676 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1677 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1678 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1679 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1680 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1681 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox-esr/

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):
Source:
i386: firefox-17.0.6-1.el5_9.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-17.0.6-1.el5_9.i386.rpm xulrunner-17.0.6-1.el5_9.i386.rpm xulrunner-debuginfo-17.0.6-1.el5_9.i386.rpm
x86_64: firefox-17.0.6-1.el5_9.i386.rpm firefox-17.0.6-1.el5_9.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-17.0.6-1.el5_9.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-17.0.6-1.el5_9.x86_64.rpm xulrunner-17.0.6-1.el5_9.i386.rpm xulrunner-17.0.6-1.el5_9.x86_64.rpm xulrunner-debuginfo-17.0.6-1.el5_9.i386.rpm xulrunner-debuginfo-17.0.6-1.el5_9.x86_64.rpm
RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client):
Source:
i386: xulrunner-debuginfo-17.0.6-1.el5_9.i386.rpm xulrunner-devel-17.0.6-1.el5_9.i386.rpm
x86_64: xulrunner-debuginfo-17.0.6-1.el5_9.i386.rpm xulrunner-debuginfo-17.0.6-1.el5_9.x86_64.rpm xulrunner-devel-17.0.6-1.el5_9.i386.rpm xulrunner-devel-17.0.6-1.el5_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):
Source:
i386: firefox-17.0.6-1.el5_9.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-17.0.6-1.el5_9.i386.rpm xulrunner-17.0.6-1.el5_9.i386.rpm xulrunner-debuginfo-17.0.6-1.el5_9.i386.rpm xulrunner-devel-17.0.6-1.el5_9.i386.rpm
ia64: firefox-17.0.6-1.el5_9.ia64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-17.0.6-1.el5_9.ia64.rpm xulrunner-17.0.6-1.el5_9.ia64.rpm xulrunner-debuginfo-17.0.6-1.el5_9.ia64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2013:0820-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0820.html
Issue date: 2013-05-14

Topic

Updated firefox packages that fix several security issues are now availablefor Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.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

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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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

962591 - CVE-2013-0801 Mozilla: Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:17.0.6) (MFSA 2013-41)

962596 - CVE-2013-1670 Mozilla: Privileged access for content level constructor (MFSA 2013-42)

962598 - CVE-2013-1674 Mozilla: Use-after-free with video and onresize event (MFSA 2013-46)

962601 - CVE-2013-1675 Mozilla: Uninitialized functions in DOMSVGZoomEvent (MFSA 2013-47)

962603 - CVE-2013-1676 CVE-2013-1677 CVE-2013-1678 CVE-2013-1679 CVE-2013-1680 CVE-2013-1681 Mozilla: Memory corruption found using Address Sanitizer (MFSA 2013-48)

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