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Red Hat RHSA-2009-0436-02 Critical: Firefox Security Issues

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Calendar Grey April 22, 2009
Dist Redhat Esm H88
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Updated firefox packages that fix several 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.
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-2009-1302, CVE-2009-1303, CVE-2009-1304, CVE-2009-1305)
Several flaws were found in the way malformed web content was processed. A web page containing malicious content could execute arbitrary JavaScript in the context of the site, possibly presenting misleading data to a user, or stealing sensitive information such as login credentials. (CVE-2009-0652, CVE-2009-1306, CVE-2009-1307, CVE-2009-1308, CVE-2009-1309, CVE-2009-1310, CVE-2009-1312)
A flaw was found in the way Firefox saved certain web pages to a local file. If a user saved the inner frame of a web page containing POST data, the POST data could be revealed to the inner frame, possibly surrendering sensitive information such as login credentials. (CVE-2009-1311)
For technical details regarding these flaws, refer to the Mozilla security advisories for Firefox 3.0.9. You can find a link to the Mozilla advisories in the References section of this errata.
All Firefox users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain Firefox version 3.0.9, which corrects these issues. After installing the update, Firefox must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

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References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0652 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1302 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1303 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1304 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1305 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1306 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1307 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1308 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1309 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1310 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1311 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1312 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-3.0.9-1.el4.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.9-1.el4.i386.rpm
ia64: firefox-3.0.9-1.el4.ia64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.9-1.el4.ia64.rpm
ppc: firefox-3.0.9-1.el4.ppc.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.9-1.el4.ppc.rpm
s390: firefox-3.0.9-1.el4.s390.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.9-1.el4.s390.rpm
s390x: firefox-3.0.9-1.el4.s390x.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.9-1.el4.s390x.rpm
x86_64: firefox-3.0.9-1.el4.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.9-1.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:
Source:
i386: firefox-3.0.9-1.el4.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.9-1.el4.i386.rpm
x86_64: firefox-3.0.9-1.el4.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.9-1.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:
Source:
i386: firefox-3.0.9-1.el4.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.9-1.el4.i386.rpm
ia64: firefox-3.0.9-1.el4.ia64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.9-1.el4.ia64.rpm
x86_64: firefox-3.0.9-1.el4.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.9-1.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:
Source:
i386: firefox-3.0.9-1.el4.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.9-1.el4.i386.rpm
ia64: firefox-3.0.9-1.el4.ia64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.9-1.el4.ia64.rpm
x86_64: firefox-3.0.9-1.el4.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.9-1.el4.x86_64.rpm


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2009:0436-02
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:0436.html
Issue date: 2009-04-21

Topic

Updated firefox packages that fix several security issues are now availablefor 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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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

486704 - CVE-2009-0652 firefox: does not properly prevent the literal rendering of homoglyph characters in IDN domain names (spoof URLs and conduct phishing attacks)

496252 - CVE-2009-1302 Firefox 3 Layout engine crashes

496253 - CVE-2009-1303 Firefox 2 and 3 Layout engine crash

496255 - CVE-2009-1304 Firefox 3 JavaScript engine crashes

496256 - CVE-2009-1305 Firefox 2 and 3 JavaScript engine crash

496262 - CVE-2009-1306 Firefox jar: scheme ignores the content-disposition: header on the inner URI

496263 - CVE-2009-1307 Firefox Same-origin violations when Adobe Flash loaded via view-source: protocol

496266 - CVE-2009-1308 Firefox XSS hazard using third-party stylesheets and XBL bindings

496267 - CVE-2009-1309 Firefox Same-origin violations in XMLHttpRequest and XPCNativeWrapper.toString

496270 - CVE-2009-1310 Firefox Malicious search plugins can inject code into arbitrary sites

496271 - CVE-2009-1311 Firefox POST data sent to wrong site when saving web page with embedded frame

496274 - CVE-2009-1312 Firefox allows Refresh header to redirect to javascript: URIs

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