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Red Hat: RHSA-2009:1531-01 Critical: SeaMonkey Major Threat Fix

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Calendar Grey October 27, 2009
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Uncover the essential Seamonkey patch for Red Hat to fortify your setup against security flaws and improve reliability.
Updated seamonkey packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4. This update has been rated as having critical security impact b...

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

SeaMonkey is an open source Web browser, email and newsgroup client, IRC chat client, and HTML editor.
A flaw was found in the way SeaMonkey creates temporary file names for downloaded files. If a local attacker knows the name of a file SeaMonkey is going to download, they can replace the contents of that file with arbitrary contents. (CVE-2009-3274)
A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the SeaMonkey string to floating point conversion routines. A web page containing malicious JavaScript could crash SeaMonkey or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running SeaMonkey. (CVE-2009-1563)
A flaw was found in the way SeaMonkey handles text selection. A malicious website may be able to read highlighted text in a different domain (e.g. another website the user is viewing), bypassing the same-origin policy. (CVE-2009-3375)
A flaw was found in the way SeaMonkey displays a right-to-left override character when downloading a file. In these cases, the name displayed in the title bar differs from the name displayed in the dialog body. An attacker could use this flaw to trick a user into downloading a file that has a file name or extension that differs from what the user expected. (CVE-2009-3376)
Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A web page containing malicious content could cause SeaMonkey to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running SeaMonkey. (CVE-2009-3380)
All SeaMonkey users should upgrade to these updated packages, which correct these issues. After installing the update, SeaMonkey must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1563 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3274 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3375 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3376 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3380 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#critical

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3:
Source:
i386: seamonkey-1.0.9-0.47.el3.i386.rpm seamonkey-chat-1.0.9-0.47.el3.i386.rpm seamonkey-debuginfo-1.0.9-0.47.el3.i386.rpm seamonkey-devel-1.0.9-0.47.el3.i386.rpm seamonkey-dom-inspector-1.0.9-0.47.el3.i386.rpm seamonkey-js-debugger-1.0.9-0.47.el3.i386.rpm seamonkey-mail-1.0.9-0.47.el3.i386.rpm seamonkey-nspr-1.0.9-0.47.el3.i386.rpm seamonkey-nspr-devel-1.0.9-0.47.el3.i386.rpm seamonkey-nss-1.0.9-0.47.el3.i386.rpm seamonkey-nss-devel-1.0.9-0.47.el3.i386.rpm
ia64: seamonkey-1.0.9-0.47.el3.ia64.rpm seamonkey-chat-1.0.9-0.47.el3.ia64.rpm seamonkey-debuginfo-1.0.9-0.47.el3.i386.rpm seamonkey-debuginfo-1.0.9-0.47.el3.ia64.rpm seamonkey-devel-1.0.9-0.47.el3.ia64.rpm seamonkey-dom-inspector-1.0.9-0.47.el3.ia64.rpm seamonkey-js-debugger-1.0.9-0.47.el3.ia64.rpm seamonkey-mail-1.0.9-0.47.el3.ia64.rpm seamonkey-nspr-1.0.9-0.47.el3.i386.rpm seamonkey-nspr-1.0.9-0.47.el3.ia64.rpm seamonkey-nspr-devel-1.0.9-0.47.el3.ia64.rpm seamonkey-nss-1.0.9-0.47.el3.i386.rpm seamonkey-nss-1.0.9-0.47.el3.ia64.rpm seamonkey-nss-devel-1.0.9-0.47.el3.ia64.rpm
ppc: seamonkey-1.0.9-0.47.el3.ppc.rpm seamonkey-chat-1.0.9-0.47.el3.ppc.rpm seamonkey-debuginfo-1.0.9-0.47.el3.ppc.rpm seamonkey-devel-1.0.9-0.47.el3.ppc.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2009:1531-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue date: 2009-10-27

Topic

Updated seamonkey packages that fix several security issues are nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4.This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the RedHat Security Response Team.

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Desktop version 3 - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64

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 3 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

524815 - CVE-2009-3274 Firefox: Predictable /tmp pathname use

530162 - CVE-2009-1563 Firefox heap buffer overflow in string to number conversion

530167 - CVE-2009-3375 Firefox cross-origin data theft through document.getSelection()

530168 - CVE-2009-3376 Firefox download filename spoofing with RTL override

530567 - CVE-2009-3380 Firefox crashes with evidence of memory corruption

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