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Red Hat: RHSA-2008:0597-01 Critical: Firefox Integer Overflow Issue

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Calendar Grey July 16, 2008
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Important release for Firefox correcting vulnerabilities in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. Implement immediately to reduce potential threats.
Updated firefox packages that fix various security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. An integer overflow flaw was found in the way Firefox displayed certai...

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.
An integer overflow flaw was found in the way Firefox displayed certain web content. A malicious web site could cause Firefox to crash, or execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running Firefox. (CVE-2008-2785)
A flaw was found in the way Firefox handled certain command line URLs. If another application passed Firefox a malformed URL, it could result in Firefox executing local malicious content with chrome privileges. (CVE-2008-2933)
All firefox users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain Firefox 3.0.1 that corrects these issues.

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical code execution integer overflow Red Hat Enterprise malicious content Firefox

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2785 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2933 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#critical

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):
Source:
i386: devhelp-0.12-18.el5.i386.rpm devhelp-debuginfo-0.12-18.el5.i386.rpm firefox-3.0.1-1.el5.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.1-1.el5.i386.rpm xulrunner-1.9.0.1-1.el5.i386.rpm xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.0.1-1.el5.i386.rpm yelp-2.16.0-20.el5.i386.rpm yelp-debuginfo-2.16.0-20.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64: devhelp-0.12-18.el5.i386.rpm devhelp-0.12-18.el5.x86_64.rpm devhelp-debuginfo-0.12-18.el5.i386.rpm devhelp-debuginfo-0.12-18.el5.x86_64.rpm firefox-3.0.1-1.el5.i386.rpm firefox-3.0.1-1.el5.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.1-1.el5.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.1-1.el5.x86_64.rpm xulrunner-1.9.0.1-1.el5.i386.rpm xulrunner-1.9.0.1-1.el5.x86_64.rpm xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.0.1-1.el5.i386.rpm xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.0.1-1.el5.x86_64.rpm yelp-2.16.0-20.el5.x86_64.rpm yelp-debuginfo-2.16.0-20.el5.x86_64.rpm
RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client):
Source:
i386: devhelp-debuginfo-0.12-18.el5.i386.rpm devhelp-devel-0.12-18.el5.i386.rpm xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.0.1-1.el5.i386.rpm xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.1-1.el5.i386.rpm xulrunner-devel-unstable-1.9.0.1-1.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64: devhelp-debuginfo-0.12-18.el5.i386.rpm devhelp-debuginfo-0.12-18.el5.x86_64.rpm devhelp-devel-0.12-18.el5.i386.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2008:0597-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0597.html
Issue date: 2008-07-16

Topic

Updated firefox packages that fix various security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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 code execution integer overflow Red Hat Enterprise malicious content Firefox

Relevant Releases Architectures

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

452204 - CVE-2008-2785 mozilla: CSS reference counter overflow (ZDI-CAN-349)

454697 - CVE-2008-2933 Firefox command line URL launches multi-tabs

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