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Red Hat Enterprise: RHSA-2009-0257-01 Critical: Seamoneky Security Threat

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Calendar Grey February 4, 2009
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Urgent safety patch for SeaMonkey on Red Hat Enterprise addressing severe vulnerabilities with serious implications due to numerous harmful exploits.
Updated seamonkey packages that fix security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, and 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

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-2009-0352, CVE-2009-0353)
A flaw was found in the way malformed content was processed. A website containing specially-crafted content could, potentially, trick a SeaMonkey user into uploading a local file. (CVE-2009-0355)
A flaw was found in the way SeaMonkey 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)
All SeaMonkey users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches that correct these issues. After installing the update, SeaMonkey must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical software update red hat enterprise malicious content security issues seamonkey

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-2009-0355 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0357 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#critical

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 :
Source:
i386: seamonkey-1.0.9-0.27.el2.i386.rpm seamonkey-chat-1.0.9-0.27.el2.i386.rpm seamonkey-devel-1.0.9-0.27.el2.i386.rpm seamonkey-dom-inspector-1.0.9-0.27.el2.i386.rpm seamonkey-js-debugger-1.0.9-0.27.el2.i386.rpm seamonkey-mail-1.0.9-0.27.el2.i386.rpm seamonkey-nspr-1.0.9-0.27.el2.i386.rpm seamonkey-nspr-devel-1.0.9-0.27.el2.i386.rpm seamonkey-nss-1.0.9-0.27.el2.i386.rpm seamonkey-nss-devel-1.0.9-0.27.el2.i386.rpm
ia64: seamonkey-1.0.9-0.27.el2.ia64.rpm seamonkey-chat-1.0.9-0.27.el2.ia64.rpm seamonkey-devel-1.0.9-0.27.el2.ia64.rpm seamonkey-dom-inspector-1.0.9-0.27.el2.ia64.rpm seamonkey-js-debugger-1.0.9-0.27.el2.ia64.rpm seamonkey-mail-1.0.9-0.27.el2.ia64.rpm seamonkey-nspr-1.0.9-0.27.el2.ia64.rpm seamonkey-nspr-devel-1.0.9-0.27.el2.ia64.rpm seamonkey-nss-1.0.9-0.27.el2.ia64.rpm seamonkey-nss-devel-1.0.9-0.27.el2.ia64.rpm
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1:
Source:
ia64: seamonkey-1.0.9-0.27.el2.ia64.rpm seamonkey-chat-1.0.9-0.27.el2.ia64.rpm seamonkey-devel-1.0.9-0.27.el2.ia64.rpm seamonkey-dom-inspector-1.0.9-0.27.el2.ia64.rpm seamonkey-js-debugger-1.0.9-0.27.el2.ia64.rpm seamonkey-mail-1.0.9-0.27.el2.ia64.rpm seamonkey-nspr-1.0.9-0.27.el2.ia64.rpm seamonkey-nspr-devel-1.0.9-0.27.el2.ia64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2009:0257-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:0257.html
Issue date: 2009-02-04

Topic

Updated seamonkey packages that fix security issues are now available forRed Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, and 4.This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the RedHat Security Response Team.

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical software update red hat enterprise malicious content security issues 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

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

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

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

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

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