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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 & 6 RHSA-2013:1476-01 Critical: Firefox Issue

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Calendar Grey October 29, 2013
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Urgent patch release for Chrome addressing several vulnerabilities in CentOS with advisory ID RHSA-2023:3124-02.
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/site/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 terminate unexpectedly or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Firefox. (CVE-2013-5590, CVE-2013-5597, CVE-2013-5599, CVE-2013-5600, CVE-2013-5601, CVE-2013-5602)
It was found that the Firefox JavaScript engine incorrectly allocated memory for certain functions. An attacker could combine this flaw with other vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Firefox. (CVE-2013-5595)
A flaw was found in the way Firefox handled certain Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT) files. An attacker could combine this flaw with other vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Firefox. (CVE-2013-5604)
Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting these issues. Upstream acknowledges Jesse Ruderman, Christoph Diehl, Dan Gohman, Byoungyoung Lee, Nils, and Abhishek Arya as the original reporters of these issues.
For technical details regarding these flaws, refer to the Mozilla security advisories for Firefox 17.0.10 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 17.0.10 ESR, which corrects these issues. After installing the update, Firefox must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

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Topics Covered

security advisory software patch Red Hat Enterprise Linux critical update Mozilla update Firefox issue

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-5590 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-5595 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-5597 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-5599 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-5600 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-5601 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-5602 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-5604 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-17.0.10-1.el5_10.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-17.0.10-1.el5_10.i386.rpm xulrunner-17.0.10-1.el5_10.i386.rpm xulrunner-debuginfo-17.0.10-1.el5_10.i386.rpm
x86_64: firefox-17.0.10-1.el5_10.i386.rpm firefox-17.0.10-1.el5_10.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-17.0.10-1.el5_10.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-17.0.10-1.el5_10.x86_64.rpm xulrunner-17.0.10-1.el5_10.i386.rpm xulrunner-17.0.10-1.el5_10.x86_64.rpm xulrunner-debuginfo-17.0.10-1.el5_10.i386.rpm xulrunner-debuginfo-17.0.10-1.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client):
Source:
i386: xulrunner-debuginfo-17.0.10-1.el5_10.i386.rpm xulrunner-devel-17.0.10-1.el5_10.i386.rpm
x86_64: xulrunner-debuginfo-17.0.10-1.el5_10.i386.rpm xulrunner-debuginfo-17.0.10-1.el5_10.x86_64.rpm xulrunner-devel-17.0.10-1.el5_10.i386.rpm xulrunner-devel-17.0.10-1.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):
Source:
i386: firefox-17.0.10-1.el5_10.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-17.0.10-1.el5_10.i386.rpm xulrunner-17.0.10-1.el5_10.i386.rpm xulrunner-debuginfo-17.0.10-1.el5_10.i386.rpm xulrunner-devel-17.0.10-1.el5_10.i386.rpm
ia64: firefox-17.0.10-1.el5_10.ia64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-17.0.10-1.el5_10.ia64.rpm xulrunner-17.0.10-1.el5_10.ia64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2013:1476-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:1476.html
Issue date: 2013-10-29

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

security advisory software patch Red Hat Enterprise Linux critical update Mozilla update Firefox issue

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

983488 - Resizing window changes window size to 0 with third party window manager

1023835 - CVE-2013-5590 Mozilla: Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:17.0.10) (MFSA 2013-93)

1023839 - CVE-2013-5595 Mozilla: Improperly initialized memory and overflows in some JavaScript functions (MFSA 2013-96)

1023841 - CVE-2013-5597 Mozilla: Use-after-free when updating offline cache (MFSA 2013-98)

1023843 - CVE-2013-5599 CVE-2013-5600 CVE-2013-5601 Mozilla: Miscellaneous use-after-free issues found through ASAN fuzzing (MFSA 2013-100)

1023844 - CVE-2013-5602 Mozilla: Memory corruption in workers (MFSA 2013-101)

1023863 - CVE-2013-5604 Mozilla: Access violation with XSLT and uninitialized data (MFSA 2013-95)

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