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Red Hat: RHSA-2008:1037-01 Critical: SeaMonkey Malicious Content Flaws

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Calendar Grey December 16, 2008
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Important patch released for SeaMonkey tackling several vulnerabilities affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions. Users should upgrade promptly.
Updated seamonkey packages that fix security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. This update h...

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.
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 as the user running SeaMonkey. (CVE-2008-5500, CVE-2008-5501, CVE-2008-5502, CVE-2008-5504, CVE-2008-5511, CVE-2008-5512, CVE-2008-5513)
Several flaws were found in the way malformed content was processed. A website containing specially-crafted content could potentially trick a SeaMonkey user into surrendering sensitive information. (CVE-2008-5503, CVE-2008-5506, CVE-2008-5507)
A flaw was found in the way malformed URLs were processed by SeaMonkey. This flaw could prevent various URL sanitization mechanisms from properly parsing a malicious URL. (CVE-2008-5508)
Note: after the errata packages are installed, SeaMonkey must be restarted for the update to take effect.
All SeaMonkey users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to resolve these issues.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue update red hat critical malicious content seamonkey

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5500 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5501 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5502 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5503 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5504 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5506 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5507 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5508 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5511 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5512 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5513

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 :
Source:
i386: seamonkey-1.0.9-0.25.el2.i386.rpm seamonkey-chat-1.0.9-0.25.el2.i386.rpm seamonkey-devel-1.0.9-0.25.el2.i386.rpm seamonkey-dom-inspector-1.0.9-0.25.el2.i386.rpm seamonkey-js-debugger-1.0.9-0.25.el2.i386.rpm seamonkey-mail-1.0.9-0.25.el2.i386.rpm seamonkey-nspr-1.0.9-0.25.el2.i386.rpm seamonkey-nspr-devel-1.0.9-0.25.el2.i386.rpm seamonkey-nss-1.0.9-0.25.el2.i386.rpm seamonkey-nss-devel-1.0.9-0.25.el2.i386.rpm
ia64: seamonkey-1.0.9-0.25.el2.ia64.rpm seamonkey-chat-1.0.9-0.25.el2.ia64.rpm seamonkey-devel-1.0.9-0.25.el2.ia64.rpm seamonkey-dom-inspector-1.0.9-0.25.el2.ia64.rpm seamonkey-js-debugger-1.0.9-0.25.el2.ia64.rpm seamonkey-mail-1.0.9-0.25.el2.ia64.rpm seamonkey-nspr-1.0.9-0.25.el2.ia64.rpm seamonkey-nspr-devel-1.0.9-0.25.el2.ia64.rpm seamonkey-nss-1.0.9-0.25.el2.ia64.rpm seamonkey-nss-devel-1.0.9-0.25.el2.ia64.rpm
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1:
Source:
ia64: seamonkey-1.0.9-0.25.el2.ia64.rpm seamonkey-chat-1.0.9-0.25.el2.ia64.rpm seamonkey-devel-1.0.9-0.25.el2.ia64.rpm seamonkey-dom-inspector-1.0.9-0.25.el2.ia64.rpm seamonkey-js-debugger-1.0.9-0.25.el2.ia64.rpm seamonkey-mail-1.0.9-0.25.el2.ia64.rpm seamonkey-nspr-1.0.9-0.25.el2.ia64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2008:1037-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:1037.html
Issue date: 2008-12-16

Topic

Updated seamonkey packages that fix security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

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 security issue update red hat critical malicious content seamonkey

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 - i386, ia64

Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 - ia64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 - i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 - i386

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

Red Hat Desktop version 3 - i386, x86_64

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 - i386, ia64, 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 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

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

Bugs Fixed

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