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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Urgent: Firefox Security Patch RHSA-2008:0978-01

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Calendar Grey November 12, 2008
Dist Redhat Esm H88
A recent Firefox update addresses significant vulnerabilities within Red Hat environments. Users are encouraged to update for improved protection and browser integrity.
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-2008-0017, CVE-2008-5014, CVE-2008-5016, CVE-2008-5017, CVE-2008-5018, CVE-2008-5019, CVE-2008-5021)
Several flaws were found in the way malformed content was processed. A web site containing specially-crafted content could potentially trick a Firefox user into surrendering sensitive information. (CVE-2008-5022, CVE-2008-5023, CVE-2008-5024)
A flaw was found in the way Firefox opened "file:" URIs. If a file: URI was loaded in the same tab as a chrome or privileged "about:" page, the file: URI could execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running Firefox. (CVE-2008-5015)
For technical details regarding these flaws, please see the Mozilla security advisories for Firefox 3.0.4. You can find a link to the Mozilla advisories in the References section.
All firefox users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches that correct these issues.

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References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-0017 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5014 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5015 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5016 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5017 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5018 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5019 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5021 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5022 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5023 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5024 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox-3.0/

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:
Source:
i386: firefox-3.0.4-1.el4.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.4-1.el4.i386.rpm nss-3.12.1.1-3.el4.i386.rpm nss-debuginfo-3.12.1.1-3.el4.i386.rpm nss-devel-3.12.1.1-3.el4.i386.rpm
ia64: firefox-3.0.4-1.el4.ia64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.4-1.el4.ia64.rpm nss-3.12.1.1-3.el4.i386.rpm nss-3.12.1.1-3.el4.ia64.rpm nss-debuginfo-3.12.1.1-3.el4.ia64.rpm nss-devel-3.12.1.1-3.el4.ia64.rpm
ppc: firefox-3.0.4-1.el4.ppc.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.4-1.el4.ppc.rpm nss-3.12.1.1-3.el4.ppc.rpm nss-3.12.1.1-3.el4.ppc64.rpm nss-debuginfo-3.12.1.1-3.el4.ppc.rpm nss-debuginfo-3.12.1.1-3.el4.ppc64.rpm nss-devel-3.12.1.1-3.el4.ppc.rpm
s390: firefox-3.0.4-1.el4.s390.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.4-1.el4.s390.rpm nss-3.12.1.1-3.el4.s390.rpm nss-debuginfo-3.12.1.1-3.el4.s390.rpm nss-devel-3.12.1.1-3.el4.s390.rpm
s390x: firefox-3.0.4-1.el4.s390x.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.4-1.el4.s390x.rpm nss-3.12.1.1-3.el4.s390.rpm nss-3.12.1.1-3.el4.s390x.rpm nss-debuginfo-3.12.1.1-3.el4.s390x.rpm nss-devel-3.12.1.1-3.el4.s390x.rpm
x86_64: firefox-3.0.4-1.el4.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.4-1.el4.x86_64.rpm nss-3.12.1.1-3.el4.i386.rpm nss-3.12.1.1-3.el4.x86_64.rpm nss-debuginfo-3.12.1.1-3.el4.x86_64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2008:0978-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0978.html
Issue date: 2008-11-12

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 Red Hat critical update security impact critical advisory web browser firefox issue

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

454283 - firefox-2.0-getstartpage.patch breaks extensions which set homepage

470873 - CVE-2008-5014 Mozilla crash and remote code execution via __proto__ tampering

470876 - CVE-2008-5015 Mozilla file: URIs inherit chrome privileges

470881 - CVE-2008-5016 Mozilla crash with evidence of memory corruption

470883 - CVE-2008-5017 Mozilla crash with evidence of memory corruption

470884 - CVE-2008-5018 Mozilla crash with evidence of memory corruption

470889 - CVE-2008-5019 Mozilla XSS via session restore

470892 - CVE-2008-0017 Mozilla buffer overflow in http-index-format parser

470894 - CVE-2008-5021 Mozilla crash and remote code execution in nsFrameManager

470895 - CVE-2008-5022 Mozilla nsXMLHttpRequest::NotifyEventListeners() same-origin violation

470898 - CVE-2008-5023 Mozilla -moz-binding property bypasses security checks on codebase principals

470902 - CVE-2008-5024 Mozilla parsing error in E4X default namespace

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