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Ubuntu Linux Security Notice: USN-1234-1 Critical: Chrome Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey March 4, 2009
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Critical security advisory for Firefox on Red Hat Enterprise Linux to resolve critical issues and ensure system safety.
An updated firefox package that fixes various security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5. This update has been rated as having critical security impact...

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.
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-2009-0040, CVE-2009-0771, CVE-2009-0772, CVE-2009-0773, CVE-2009-0774, CVE-2009-0775)
Several flaws were found in the way malformed content was processed. A website containing specially-crafted content could, potentially, trick a Firefox user into surrendering sensitive information. (CVE-2009-0776, CVE-2009-0777)
For technical details regarding these flaws, please see the Mozilla security advisories for Firefox 3.0.7. 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 3.0.7, and which correct these issues. After installing the update, Firefox must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

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References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0040 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0771 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0772 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0773 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0774 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0775 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0776 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0777 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-3.0.7-1.el4.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.7-1.el4.i386.rpm
ia64: firefox-3.0.7-1.el4.ia64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.7-1.el4.ia64.rpm
ppc: firefox-3.0.7-1.el4.ppc.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.7-1.el4.ppc.rpm
s390: firefox-3.0.7-1.el4.s390.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.7-1.el4.s390.rpm
s390x: firefox-3.0.7-1.el4.s390x.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.7-1.el4.s390x.rpm
x86_64: firefox-3.0.7-1.el4.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.7-1.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:
Source:
i386: firefox-3.0.7-1.el4.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.7-1.el4.i386.rpm
x86_64: firefox-3.0.7-1.el4.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.7-1.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:
Source:
i386: firefox-3.0.7-1.el4.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.7-1.el4.i386.rpm
ia64: firefox-3.0.7-1.el4.ia64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.7-1.el4.ia64.rpm
x86_64: firefox-3.0.7-1.el4.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.7-1.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:
Source:
i386: firefox-3.0.7-1.el4.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.7-1.el4.i386.rpm
ia64: firefox-3.0.7-1.el4.ia64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.7-1.el4.ia64.rpm
x86_64: firefox-3.0.7-1.el4.x86_64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2009:0315-00
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:0315.html
Issue date: 2009-03-04

Topic

An updated firefox package that fixes various security issues is 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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical firefox security impact red hat enterprise web browser malicious content

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 AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64

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

486355 - CVE-2009-0040 libpng arbitrary free() flaw

488272 - CVE-2009-0771 Firefox 3 Layout Engine Crashes

488273 - CVE-2009-0772 Firefox 2 and 3 - Layout engine crashes

488276 - CVE-2009-0773 Firefox 3 crashes in the JavaScript engine

488283 - CVE-2009-0774 Firefox 2 and 3 crashes in the JavaScript engine

488287 - CVE-2009-0775 Firefox XUL Linked Clones Double Free Vulnerability

488290 - CVE-2009-0776 Firefox XML data theft via RDFXMLDataSource and cross-domain redirect

488292 - CVE-2009-0777 Firefox URL spoofing with invisible control characters

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