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.

====================================================================                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Critical: firefox security update
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
CVE Names:         CVE-2008-0017 CVE-2008-5014 CVE-2008-5015 
                   CVE-2008-5016 CVE-2008-5017 CVE-2008-5018 
                   CVE-2008-5019 CVE-2008-5021 CVE-2008-5022 
                   CVE-2008-5023 CVE-2008-5024 
====================================================================
1. Summary:

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.

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.

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.

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 (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

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

6. 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
nss-devel-3.12.1.1-3.el4.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 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

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
nss-devel-3.12.1.1-3.el4.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 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

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
nss-devel-3.12.1.1-3.el4.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 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

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
nss-devel-3.12.1.1-3.el4.x86_64.rpm

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

Source:

i386:
devhelp-0.12-20.el5.i386.rpm
devhelp-debuginfo-0.12-20.el5.i386.rpm
firefox-3.0.4-1.el5.i386.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.0.4-1.el5.i386.rpm
nss-3.12.1.1-3.el5.i386.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.1.1-3.el5.i386.rpm
nss-tools-3.12.1.1-3.el5.i386.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.0.4-1.el5.i386.rpm
xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.0.4-1.el5.i386.rpm
yelp-2.16.0-22.el5.i386.rpm
yelp-debuginfo-2.16.0-22.el5.i386.rpm

x86_64:
devhelp-0.12-20.el5.i386.rpm
devhelp-0.12-20.el5.x86_64.rpm
devhelp-debuginfo-0.12-20.el5.i386.rpm
devhelp-debuginfo-0.12-20.el5.x86_64.rpm
firefox-3.0.4-1.el5.i386.rpm
firefox-3.0.4-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.0.4-1.el5.i386.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.0.4-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
nss-3.12.1.1-3.el5.i386.rpm
nss-3.12.1.1-3.el5.x86_64.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.1.1-3.el5.i386.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.1.1-3.el5.x86_64.rpm
nss-tools-3.12.1.1-3.el5.x86_64.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.0.4-1.el5.i386.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.0.4-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.0.4-1.el5.i386.rpm
xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.0.4-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
yelp-2.16.0-22.el5.x86_64.rpm
yelp-debuginfo-2.16.0-22.el5.x86_64.rpm

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client):

Source:

i386:
devhelp-debuginfo-0.12-20.el5.i386.rpm
devhelp-devel-0.12-20.el5.i386.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.1.1-3.el5.i386.rpm
nss-devel-3.12.1.1-3.el5.i386.rpm
nss-pkcs11-devel-3.12.1.1-3.el5.i386.rpm
xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.0.4-1.el5.i386.rpm
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.4-1.el5.i386.rpm
xulrunner-devel-unstable-1.9.0.4-1.el5.i386.rpm

x86_64:
devhelp-debuginfo-0.12-20.el5.i386.rpm
devhelp-debuginfo-0.12-20.el5.x86_64.rpm
devhelp-devel-0.12-20.el5.i386.rpm
devhelp-devel-0.12-20.el5.x86_64.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.1.1-3.el5.i386.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.1.1-3.el5.x86_64.rpm
nss-devel-3.12.1.1-3.el5.i386.rpm
nss-devel-3.12.1.1-3.el5.x86_64.rpm
nss-pkcs11-devel-3.12.1.1-3.el5.i386.rpm
nss-pkcs11-devel-3.12.1.1-3.el5.x86_64.rpm
xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.0.4-1.el5.i386.rpm
xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.0.4-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.4-1.el5.i386.rpm
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.4-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
xulrunner-devel-unstable-1.9.0.4-1.el5.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):

Source:

i386:
devhelp-0.12-20.el5.i386.rpm
devhelp-debuginfo-0.12-20.el5.i386.rpm
devhelp-devel-0.12-20.el5.i386.rpm
firefox-3.0.4-1.el5.i386.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.0.4-1.el5.i386.rpm
nss-3.12.1.1-3.el5.i386.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.1.1-3.el5.i386.rpm
nss-devel-3.12.1.1-3.el5.i386.rpm
nss-pkcs11-devel-3.12.1.1-3.el5.i386.rpm
nss-tools-3.12.1.1-3.el5.i386.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.0.4-1.el5.i386.rpm
xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.0.4-1.el5.i386.rpm
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.4-1.el5.i386.rpm
xulrunner-devel-unstable-1.9.0.4-1.el5.i386.rpm
yelp-2.16.0-22.el5.i386.rpm
yelp-debuginfo-2.16.0-22.el5.i386.rpm

ia64:
devhelp-0.12-20.el5.ia64.rpm
devhelp-debuginfo-0.12-20.el5.ia64.rpm
devhelp-devel-0.12-20.el5.ia64.rpm
firefox-3.0.4-1.el5.ia64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.0.4-1.el5.ia64.rpm
nss-3.12.1.1-3.el5.i386.rpm
nss-3.12.1.1-3.el5.ia64.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.1.1-3.el5.i386.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.1.1-3.el5.ia64.rpm
nss-devel-3.12.1.1-3.el5.ia64.rpm
nss-pkcs11-devel-3.12.1.1-3.el5.ia64.rpm
nss-tools-3.12.1.1-3.el5.ia64.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.0.4-1.el5.ia64.rpm
xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.0.4-1.el5.ia64.rpm
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.4-1.el5.ia64.rpm
xulrunner-devel-unstable-1.9.0.4-1.el5.ia64.rpm
yelp-2.16.0-22.el5.ia64.rpm
yelp-debuginfo-2.16.0-22.el5.ia64.rpm

ppc:
devhelp-0.12-20.el5.ppc.rpm
devhelp-debuginfo-0.12-20.el5.ppc.rpm
devhelp-devel-0.12-20.el5.ppc.rpm
firefox-3.0.4-1.el5.ppc.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.0.4-1.el5.ppc.rpm
nss-3.12.1.1-3.el5.ppc.rpm
nss-3.12.1.1-3.el5.ppc64.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.1.1-3.el5.ppc.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.1.1-3.el5.ppc64.rpm
nss-devel-3.12.1.1-3.el5.ppc.rpm
nss-devel-3.12.1.1-3.el5.ppc64.rpm
nss-pkcs11-devel-3.12.1.1-3.el5.ppc.rpm
nss-pkcs11-devel-3.12.1.1-3.el5.ppc64.rpm
nss-tools-3.12.1.1-3.el5.ppc.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.0.4-1.el5.ppc.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.0.4-1.el5.ppc64.rpm
xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.0.4-1.el5.ppc.rpm
xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.0.4-1.el5.ppc64.rpm
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.4-1.el5.ppc.rpm
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.4-1.el5.ppc64.rpm
xulrunner-devel-unstable-1.9.0.4-1.el5.ppc.rpm
yelp-2.16.0-22.el5.ppc.rpm
yelp-debuginfo-2.16.0-22.el5.ppc.rpm

s390x:
devhelp-0.12-20.el5.s390.rpm
devhelp-0.12-20.el5.s390x.rpm
devhelp-debuginfo-0.12-20.el5.s390.rpm
devhelp-debuginfo-0.12-20.el5.s390x.rpm
devhelp-devel-0.12-20.el5.s390.rpm
devhelp-devel-0.12-20.el5.s390x.rpm
firefox-3.0.4-1.el5.s390.rpm
firefox-3.0.4-1.el5.s390x.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.0.4-1.el5.s390.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.0.4-1.el5.s390x.rpm
nss-3.12.1.1-3.el5.s390.rpm
nss-3.12.1.1-3.el5.s390x.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.1.1-3.el5.s390.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.1.1-3.el5.s390x.rpm
nss-devel-3.12.1.1-3.el5.s390.rpm
nss-devel-3.12.1.1-3.el5.s390x.rpm
nss-pkcs11-devel-3.12.1.1-3.el5.s390.rpm
nss-pkcs11-devel-3.12.1.1-3.el5.s390x.rpm
nss-tools-3.12.1.1-3.el5.s390x.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.0.4-1.el5.s390.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.0.4-1.el5.s390x.rpm
xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.0.4-1.el5.s390.rpm
xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.0.4-1.el5.s390x.rpm
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.4-1.el5.s390.rpm
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.4-1.el5.s390x.rpm
xulrunner-devel-unstable-1.9.0.4-1.el5.s390x.rpm
yelp-2.16.0-22.el5.s390x.rpm
yelp-debuginfo-2.16.0-22.el5.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
devhelp-0.12-20.el5.i386.rpm
devhelp-0.12-20.el5.x86_64.rpm
devhelp-debuginfo-0.12-20.el5.i386.rpm
devhelp-debuginfo-0.12-20.el5.x86_64.rpm
devhelp-devel-0.12-20.el5.i386.rpm
devhelp-devel-0.12-20.el5.x86_64.rpm
firefox-3.0.4-1.el5.i386.rpm
firefox-3.0.4-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.0.4-1.el5.i386.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.0.4-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
nss-3.12.1.1-3.el5.i386.rpm
nss-3.12.1.1-3.el5.x86_64.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.1.1-3.el5.i386.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.1.1-3.el5.x86_64.rpm
nss-devel-3.12.1.1-3.el5.i386.rpm
nss-devel-3.12.1.1-3.el5.x86_64.rpm
nss-pkcs11-devel-3.12.1.1-3.el5.i386.rpm
nss-pkcs11-devel-3.12.1.1-3.el5.x86_64.rpm
nss-tools-3.12.1.1-3.el5.x86_64.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.0.4-1.el5.i386.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.0.4-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.0.4-1.el5.i386.rpm
xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.0.4-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.4-1.el5.i386.rpm
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.4-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
xulrunner-devel-unstable-1.9.0.4-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
yelp-2.16.0-22.el5.x86_64.rpm
yelp-debuginfo-2.16.0-22.el5.x86_64.rpm

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7. 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/

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