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Red Hat Enterprise Linux: RHSA-2009:0436-02 Critical: Firefox Update

Calendar Apr 23, 2009 • User Avatar LinuxSecurity Advisories
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Updated firefox packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5. This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. 
====================================================================                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Critical: firefox security update
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2009:0436-02
Product:           Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:0436.html
Issue date:        2009-04-21
CVE Names:         CVE-2009-0652 CVE-2009-1302 CVE-2009-1303 
                   CVE-2009-1304 CVE-2009-1305 CVE-2009-1306 
                   CVE-2009-1307 CVE-2009-1308 CVE-2009-1309 
                   CVE-2009-1310 CVE-2009-1311 CVE-2009-1312 
====================================================================
1. Summary:

Updated firefox packages that fix several security issues are now available
for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.

This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red
Hat Security Response Team.

2. 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
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64
RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64

3. Description:

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 as the user running Firefox.
(CVE-2009-1302, CVE-2009-1303, CVE-2009-1304, CVE-2009-1305)

Several flaws were found in the way malformed web content was processed. A
web page containing malicious content could execute arbitrary JavaScript in
the context of the site, possibly presenting misleading data to a user, or
stealing sensitive information such as login credentials. (CVE-2009-0652,
CVE-2009-1306, CVE-2009-1307, CVE-2009-1308, CVE-2009-1309, CVE-2009-1310,
CVE-2009-1312)

A flaw was found in the way Firefox saved certain web pages to a local
file. If a user saved the inner frame of a web page containing POST data,
the POST data could be revealed to the inner frame, possibly surrendering
sensitive information such as login credentials. (CVE-2009-1311)

For technical details regarding these flaws, refer to the Mozilla security
advisories for Firefox 3.0.9. You can find a link to the Mozilla advisories
in the References section of this errata.

All Firefox users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain
Firefox version 3.0.9, which corrects these issues. After installing the
update, Firefox must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

4. Solution:

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network.  Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at

5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

486704 - CVE-2009-0652 firefox: does not properly prevent the literal rendering of homoglyph characters in IDN domain names (spoof URLs and conduct phishing attacks)
496252 - CVE-2009-1302 Firefox 3 Layout engine crashes
496253 - CVE-2009-1303 Firefox 2 and 3 Layout engine crash
496255 - CVE-2009-1304 Firefox 3 JavaScript engine crashes
496256 - CVE-2009-1305 Firefox 2 and 3 JavaScript engine crash
496262 - CVE-2009-1306 Firefox jar: scheme ignores the content-disposition: header on the inner URI
496263 - CVE-2009-1307 Firefox Same-origin violations when Adobe Flash loaded via view-source: protocol
496266 - CVE-2009-1308 Firefox XSS hazard using third-party stylesheets and XBL bindings
496267 - CVE-2009-1309 Firefox Same-origin violations in XMLHttpRequest and XPCNativeWrapper.toString
496270 - CVE-2009-1310 Firefox Malicious search plugins can inject code into arbitrary sites
496271 - CVE-2009-1311 Firefox POST data sent to wrong site when saving web page with embedded frame
496274 - CVE-2009-1312 Firefox allows Refresh header to redirect to javascript: URIs

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:

Source:

i386:
firefox-3.0.9-1.el4.i386.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.0.9-1.el4.i386.rpm

ia64:
firefox-3.0.9-1.el4.ia64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.0.9-1.el4.ia64.rpm

ppc:
firefox-3.0.9-1.el4.ppc.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.0.9-1.el4.ppc.rpm

s390:
firefox-3.0.9-1.el4.s390.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.0.9-1.el4.s390.rpm

s390x:
firefox-3.0.9-1.el4.s390x.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.0.9-1.el4.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
firefox-3.0.9-1.el4.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.0.9-1.el4.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:

Source:

i386:
firefox-3.0.9-1.el4.i386.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.0.9-1.el4.i386.rpm

x86_64:
firefox-3.0.9-1.el4.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.0.9-1.el4.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:

Source:

i386:
firefox-3.0.9-1.el4.i386.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.0.9-1.el4.i386.rpm

ia64:
firefox-3.0.9-1.el4.ia64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.0.9-1.el4.ia64.rpm

x86_64:
firefox-3.0.9-1.el4.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.0.9-1.el4.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:

Source:

i386:
firefox-3.0.9-1.el4.i386.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.0.9-1.el4.i386.rpm

ia64:
firefox-3.0.9-1.el4.ia64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.0.9-1.el4.ia64.rpm

x86_64:
firefox-3.0.9-1.el4.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.0.9-1.el4.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):

Source:

i386:
firefox-3.0.9-1.el5.i386.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.0.9-1.el5.i386.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.0.9-1.el5.i386.rpm
xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.0.9-1.el5.i386.rpm

x86_64:
firefox-3.0.9-1.el5.i386.rpm
firefox-3.0.9-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.0.9-1.el5.i386.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.0.9-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.0.9-1.el5.i386.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.0.9-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.0.9-1.el5.i386.rpm
xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.0.9-1.el5.x86_64.rpm

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client):

Source:

i386:
xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.0.9-1.el5.i386.rpm
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.9-1.el5.i386.rpm
xulrunner-devel-unstable-1.9.0.9-1.el5.i386.rpm

x86_64:
xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.0.9-1.el5.i386.rpm
xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.0.9-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.9-1.el5.i386.rpm
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.9-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
xulrunner-devel-unstable-1.9.0.9-1.el5.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):

Source:

i386:
firefox-3.0.9-1.el5.i386.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.0.9-1.el5.i386.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.0.9-1.el5.i386.rpm
xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.0.9-1.el5.i386.rpm
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.9-1.el5.i386.rpm
xulrunner-devel-unstable-1.9.0.9-1.el5.i386.rpm

ia64:
firefox-3.0.9-1.el5.ia64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.0.9-1.el5.ia64.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.0.9-1.el5.ia64.rpm
xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.0.9-1.el5.ia64.rpm
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.9-1.el5.ia64.rpm
xulrunner-devel-unstable-1.9.0.9-1.el5.ia64.rpm

ppc:
firefox-3.0.9-1.el5.ppc.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.0.9-1.el5.ppc.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.0.9-1.el5.ppc.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.0.9-1.el5.ppc64.rpm
xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.0.9-1.el5.ppc.rpm
xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.0.9-1.el5.ppc64.rpm
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.9-1.el5.ppc.rpm
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.9-1.el5.ppc64.rpm
xulrunner-devel-unstable-1.9.0.9-1.el5.ppc.rpm

s390x:
firefox-3.0.9-1.el5.s390.rpm
firefox-3.0.9-1.el5.s390x.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.0.9-1.el5.s390.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.0.9-1.el5.s390x.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.0.9-1.el5.s390.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.0.9-1.el5.s390x.rpm
xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.0.9-1.el5.s390.rpm
xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.0.9-1.el5.s390x.rpm
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.9-1.el5.s390.rpm
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.9-1.el5.s390x.rpm
xulrunner-devel-unstable-1.9.0.9-1.el5.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
firefox-3.0.9-1.el5.i386.rpm
firefox-3.0.9-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.0.9-1.el5.i386.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.0.9-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.0.9-1.el5.i386.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.0.9-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.0.9-1.el5.i386.rpm
xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.0.9-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.9-1.el5.i386.rpm
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.9-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
xulrunner-devel-unstable-1.9.0.9-1.el5.x86_64.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security.  Our key and 
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key#package

7. References:

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0652
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1302
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1303
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1304
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1305
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1306
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1307
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1308
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1309
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1310
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1311
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1312
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#critical
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox-3.0/

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is .  More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

Copyright 2009 Red Hat, Inc.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: RHSA-2009:0436-02 Critical: Firefox Update

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Calendar Grey April 23, 2009
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Important Firefox security patch released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 4 and 5, resolving multiple significant vulnerabilities.
Updated firefox packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5. This update has been rated as having critical security impact by ...

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at

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 as the user running Firefox. (CVE-2009-1302, CVE-2009-1303, CVE-2009-1304, CVE-2009-1305)
Several flaws were found in the way malformed web content was processed. A web page containing malicious content could execute arbitrary JavaScript in the context of the site, possibly presenting misleading data to a user, or stealing sensitive information such as login credentials. (CVE-2009-0652, CVE-2009-1306, CVE-2009-1307, CVE-2009-1308, CVE-2009-1309, CVE-2009-1310, CVE-2009-1312)
A flaw was found in the way Firefox saved certain web pages to a local file. If a user saved the inner frame of a web page containing POST data, the POST data could be revealed to the inner frame, possibly surrendering sensitive information such as login credentials. (CVE-2009-1311)
For technical details regarding these flaws, refer to the Mozilla security advisories for Firefox 3.0.9. You can find a link to the Mozilla advisories in the References section of this errata.
All Firefox users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain Firefox version 3.0.9, which corrects these issues. After installing the update, Firefox must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security update security issue critical Red Hat Enterprise Linux firefox web content

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0652 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1302 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1303 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1304 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1305 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1306 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1307 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1308 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1309 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1310 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1311 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1312 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#critical https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox-3.0/

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:
Source:
i386: firefox-3.0.9-1.el4.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.9-1.el4.i386.rpm
ia64: firefox-3.0.9-1.el4.ia64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.9-1.el4.ia64.rpm
ppc: firefox-3.0.9-1.el4.ppc.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.9-1.el4.ppc.rpm
s390: firefox-3.0.9-1.el4.s390.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.9-1.el4.s390.rpm
s390x: firefox-3.0.9-1.el4.s390x.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.9-1.el4.s390x.rpm
x86_64: firefox-3.0.9-1.el4.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.9-1.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:
Source:
i386: firefox-3.0.9-1.el4.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.9-1.el4.i386.rpm
x86_64: firefox-3.0.9-1.el4.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.9-1.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:
Source:
i386: firefox-3.0.9-1.el4.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.9-1.el4.i386.rpm
ia64: firefox-3.0.9-1.el4.ia64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.9-1.el4.ia64.rpm
x86_64: firefox-3.0.9-1.el4.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.9-1.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:
Source:
i386: firefox-3.0.9-1.el4.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.9-1.el4.i386.rpm
ia64: firefox-3.0.9-1.el4.ia64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.9-1.el4.ia64.rpm
x86_64: firefox-3.0.9-1.el4.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.9-1.el4.x86_64.rpm


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2009:0436-02
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:0436.html
Issue date: 2009-04-21

Topic

Updated firefox packages that fix several security issues are now availablefor Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the RedHat Security Response Team.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security update security issue critical Red Hat Enterprise Linux firefox web content

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

486704 - CVE-2009-0652 firefox: does not properly prevent the literal rendering of homoglyph characters in IDN domain names (spoof URLs and conduct phishing attacks)

496252 - CVE-2009-1302 Firefox 3 Layout engine crashes

496253 - CVE-2009-1303 Firefox 2 and 3 Layout engine crash

496255 - CVE-2009-1304 Firefox 3 JavaScript engine crashes

496256 - CVE-2009-1305 Firefox 2 and 3 JavaScript engine crash

496262 - CVE-2009-1306 Firefox jar: scheme ignores the content-disposition: header on the inner URI

496263 - CVE-2009-1307 Firefox Same-origin violations when Adobe Flash loaded via view-source: protocol

496266 - CVE-2009-1308 Firefox XSS hazard using third-party stylesheets and XBL bindings

496267 - CVE-2009-1309 Firefox Same-origin violations in XMLHttpRequest and XPCNativeWrapper.toString

496270 - CVE-2009-1310 Firefox Malicious search plugins can inject code into arbitrary sites

496271 - CVE-2009-1311 Firefox POST data sent to wrong site when saving web page with embedded frame

496274 - CVE-2009-1312 Firefox allows Refresh header to redirect to javascript: URIs

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