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Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHSA-2023:4876-01 Critical Firefox Security Fix

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Calendar Grey June 11, 2009
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Important vulnerabilities in Firefox resolved for Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems via new updates. Update immediately!
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-2009-1392, CVE-2009-1832, CVE-2009-1833, CVE-2009-1837, CVE-2009-1838, CVE-2009-1841)
Multiple flaws were found in the processing of malformed, local file content. If a user loaded malicious, local content via the file:// URL, it was possible for that content to access other local data. (CVE-2009-1835, CVE-2009-1839)
A script, privilege elevation flaw was found in the way Firefox loaded XML User Interface Language (XUL) scripts. Firefox and certain add-ons could load malicious content when certain policy checks did not happen. (CVE-2009-1840)
A flaw was found in the way Firefox displayed certain Unicode characters in International Domain Names (IDN). If an IDN contained invalid characters, they may have been displayed as spaces, making it appear to the user that they were visiting a trusted site. (CVE-2009-1834)
A flaw was found in the way Firefox handled error responses returned from proxy servers. If an attacker is able to conduct a man-in-the-middle attack against a Firefox instance that is using a proxy server, they may be able to steal sensitive information from the site the user is visiting. (CVE-2009-1836)
For technical details regarding these flaws, refer to the Mozilla security advisories for Firefox 3.0.11. 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 3.0.11, which corrects these issues. After installing the update, Firefox must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1392 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1832 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1833 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1834 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1835 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1836 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1837 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1838 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1839 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1840 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1841 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-3.0.11-4.el4.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.11-4.el4.i386.rpm
ia64: firefox-3.0.11-4.el4.ia64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.11-4.el4.ia64.rpm
ppc: firefox-3.0.11-4.el4.ppc.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.11-4.el4.ppc.rpm
s390: firefox-3.0.11-4.el4.s390.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.11-4.el4.s390.rpm
s390x: firefox-3.0.11-4.el4.s390x.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.11-4.el4.s390x.rpm
x86_64: firefox-3.0.11-4.el4.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.11-4.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:
Source:
i386: firefox-3.0.11-4.el4.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.11-4.el4.i386.rpm
x86_64: firefox-3.0.11-4.el4.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.11-4.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:
Source:
i386: firefox-3.0.11-4.el4.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.11-4.el4.i386.rpm
ia64: firefox-3.0.11-4.el4.ia64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.11-4.el4.ia64.rpm
x86_64: firefox-3.0.11-4.el4.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.11-4.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:
Source:
i386: firefox-3.0.11-4.el4.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.11-4.el4.i386.rpm
ia64: firefox-3.0.11-4.el4.ia64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.11-4.el4.ia64.rpm
x86_64: firefox-3.0.11-4.el4.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.11-4.el4.x86_64.rpm


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2009:1095-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue date: 2009-06-11

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.

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

488570 - frequent firefox crashes against clearspace

503568 - CVE-2009-1392 Firefox browser engine crashes

503569 - CVE-2009-1832 Firefox double frame construction flaw

503570 - CVE-2009-1833 Firefox JavaScript engine crashes

503573 - CVE-2009-1834 Firefox URL spoofing with invalid unicode characters503576 - CVE-2009-1835 Firefox Arbitrary domain cookie access by local file: resources

503578 - CVE-2009-1836 Firefox SSL tampering via non-200 responses to proxy CONNECT requests

503579 - CVE-2009-1837 Firefox Race condition while accessing the private data of a NPObject JS wrapper class object

503580 - CVE-2009-1838 Firefox arbitrary code execution flaw

503581 - CVE-2009-1839 Firefox information disclosure flaw

503582 - CVE-2009-1840 Firefox XUL scripts skip some security checks

503583 - CVE-2009-1841 Firefox JavaScript arbitrary code execution

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