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RedHat: RHSA-2009:0397-01 Critical: Firefox Memory Issues

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Calendar Grey March 27, 2009
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Keep up to date with the essential security patch for Firefox users on Red Hat, tackling major vulnerabilities related to memory corruption.
Updated firefox packages that fix two security issues are 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. XULRunner provides the XUL Runtime environment for Mozilla Firefox.
A memory corruption flaw was discovered in the way Firefox handles XML files containing an XSLT transform. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash Firefox or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running Firefox. (CVE-2009-1169)
A flaw was discovered in the way Firefox handles certain XUL garbage collection events. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash Firefox or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running Firefox. (CVE-2009-1044)
For technical details regarding these flaws, refer to the Mozilla security advisories. You can find a link to the Mozilla advisories in the References section of this errata.
Firefox users should upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve these issues. For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, they contain backported patches to the firefox package. For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, they contain backported patches to the xulrunner packages. After installing the update, Firefox must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical remote code execution Red Hat Enterprise Linux memory flaw firefox update XULRunner

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1044 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1169 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-3.0.7-3.el4.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.7-3.el4.i386.rpm
ia64: firefox-3.0.7-3.el4.ia64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.7-3.el4.ia64.rpm
ppc: firefox-3.0.7-3.el4.ppc.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.7-3.el4.ppc.rpm
s390: firefox-3.0.7-3.el4.s390.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.7-3.el4.s390.rpm
s390x: firefox-3.0.7-3.el4.s390x.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.7-3.el4.s390x.rpm
x86_64: firefox-3.0.7-3.el4.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.7-3.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:
Source:
i386: firefox-3.0.7-3.el4.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.7-3.el4.i386.rpm
x86_64: firefox-3.0.7-3.el4.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.7-3.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:
Source:
i386: firefox-3.0.7-3.el4.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.7-3.el4.i386.rpm
ia64: firefox-3.0.7-3.el4.ia64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.7-3.el4.ia64.rpm
x86_64: firefox-3.0.7-3.el4.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.7-3.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:
Source:
i386: firefox-3.0.7-3.el4.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.7-3.el4.i386.rpm
ia64: firefox-3.0.7-3.el4.ia64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.7-3.el4.ia64.rpm
x86_64: firefox-3.0.7-3.el4.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.7-3.el4.x86_64.rpm


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2009:0397-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:0397.html
Issue date: 2009-03-27

Topic

Updated firefox packages that fix two security issues are now available forRed Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the RedHat Security Response Team.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory critical remote code execution Red Hat Enterprise Linux memory flaw firefox update XULRunner

Relevant Releases Architectures

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, 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

492211 - CVE-2009-1169 Firefox XSLT memory corruption issue

492212 - CVE-2009-1044 Firefox XUL garbage collection issue (cansecwest pwn2own)

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