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Red Hat Enterprise Linux: RHSA-2009-0256-01 Critical Firefox Update

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Calendar Grey February 4, 2009
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Important firefox patch for Red Hat Enterprise Linux addresses several significant vulnerabilities. Update advised for protection.
An updated firefox package that fixes various security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5

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-2009-0352, CVE-2009-0353, CVE-2009-0356)
Several flaws were found in the way malformed content was processed. A website containing specially-crafted content could, potentially, trick a Firefox user into surrendering sensitive information. (CVE-2009-0354, CVE-2009-0355)
A flaw was found in the way Firefox treated HTTPOnly cookies. An attacker able to execute arbitrary JavaScript on a target site using HTTPOnly cookies may be able to use this flaw to steal the cookie. (CVE-2009-0357)
A flaw was found in the way Firefox treated certain HTTP page caching directives. A local attacker could steal the contents of sensitive pages which the page author did not intend to be cached. (CVE-2009-0358)
For technical details regarding these flaws, please see the Mozilla security advisories for Firefox 3.0.6. You can find a link to the Mozilla advisories in the References section.
All Firefox users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain Firefox version 3.0.6, which corrects these issues. After installing the update, Firefox must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

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security advisory security issue update critical Red Hat Enterprise Linux firefox security impact

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0352 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0353 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0354 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0355 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0356 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0357 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0358 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#critical https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox-3.0/

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:
Source:
i386: firefox-3.0.6-1.el4.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.6-1.el4.i386.rpm nss-3.12.2.0-3.el4.i386.rpm nss-debuginfo-3.12.2.0-3.el4.i386.rpm nss-devel-3.12.2.0-3.el4.i386.rpm nss-tools-3.12.2.0-3.el4.i386.rpm
ia64: firefox-3.0.6-1.el4.ia64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.6-1.el4.ia64.rpm nss-3.12.2.0-3.el4.i386.rpm nss-3.12.2.0-3.el4.ia64.rpm nss-debuginfo-3.12.2.0-3.el4.ia64.rpm nss-devel-3.12.2.0-3.el4.ia64.rpm nss-tools-3.12.2.0-3.el4.ia64.rpm
ppc: firefox-3.0.6-1.el4.ppc.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.6-1.el4.ppc.rpm nss-3.12.2.0-3.el4.ppc.rpm nss-3.12.2.0-3.el4.ppc64.rpm nss-debuginfo-3.12.2.0-3.el4.ppc.rpm nss-debuginfo-3.12.2.0-3.el4.ppc64.rpm nss-devel-3.12.2.0-3.el4.ppc.rpm nss-tools-3.12.2.0-3.el4.ppc.rpm
s390: firefox-3.0.6-1.el4.s390.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.6-1.el4.s390.rpm nss-3.12.2.0-3.el4.s390.rpm nss-debuginfo-3.12.2.0-3.el4.s390.rpm nss-devel-3.12.2.0-3.el4.s390.rpm nss-tools-3.12.2.0-3.el4.s390.rpm
s390x: firefox-3.0.6-1.el4.s390x.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.6-1.el4.s390x.rpm nss-3.12.2.0-3.el4.s390.rpm nss-3.12.2.0-3.el4.s390x.rpm nss-debuginfo-3.12.2.0-3.el4.s390x.rpm nss-devel-3.12.2.0-3.el4.s390x.rpm nss-tools-3.12.2.0-3.el4.s390x.rpm
x86_64: firefox-3.0.6-1.el4.x86_64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2009:0256-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:0256.html
Issue date: 2009-02-04

Topic

An updated firefox package that fixes various security issues is nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the RedHat Security Response Team.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue update critical Red Hat Enterprise Linux firefox security impact

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

456849 - missing dependency on pkgconfig in the -devel subpackage

483139 - CVE-2009-0352 Firefox layout crashes with evidence of memory corruption

483141 - CVE-2009-0353 Firefox javascript crashes with evidence of memory corruption

483142 - CVE-2009-0354 Firefox XSS using a chrome XBL method and window.eval

483143 - CVE-2009-0355 Firefox local file stealing with SessionStore

483144 - CVE-2009-0356 Firefox Chrome privilege escalation via local .desktop files

483145 - CVE-2009-0357 Firefox XMLHttpRequest allows reading HTTPOnly cookies

483150 - CVE-2009-0358 Firefox directives to not cache pages ignored

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