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Red Hat: RHSA-2009-0449-01 Critical: Firefox Code Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey April 27, 2009
Dist Redhat Esm H88
A significant patch for Red Hat Enterprise Linux addresses a vulnerability in Firefox that could enable code execution via harmful content.
Updated firefox packages that fix one security issue 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 flaw was 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-2009-1313)
For technical details regarding this flaw, refer to the Mozilla security advisory for Firefox 3.0.10. 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 3.0.10, which corrects this issue. After installing the update, Firefox must be restarted for the change to take effect.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update critical code execution software patch Red Hat Enterprise Linux firefox

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1313 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-3.0.10-1.el4.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.10-1.el4.i386.rpm
ia64: firefox-3.0.10-1.el4.ia64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.10-1.el4.ia64.rpm
ppc: firefox-3.0.10-1.el4.ppc.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.10-1.el4.ppc.rpm
s390: firefox-3.0.10-1.el4.s390.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.10-1.el4.s390.rpm
s390x: firefox-3.0.10-1.el4.s390x.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.10-1.el4.s390x.rpm
x86_64: firefox-3.0.10-1.el4.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.10-1.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:
Source:
i386: firefox-3.0.10-1.el4.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.10-1.el4.i386.rpm
x86_64: firefox-3.0.10-1.el4.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.10-1.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:
Source:
i386: firefox-3.0.10-1.el4.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.10-1.el4.i386.rpm
ia64: firefox-3.0.10-1.el4.ia64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.10-1.el4.ia64.rpm
x86_64: firefox-3.0.10-1.el4.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.10-1.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:
Source:
i386: firefox-3.0.10-1.el4.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.10-1.el4.i386.rpm
ia64: firefox-3.0.10-1.el4.ia64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.10-1.el4.ia64.rpm
x86_64: firefox-3.0.10-1.el4.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.10-1.el4.x86_64.rpm


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2009:0449-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:0449.html
Issue date: 2009-04-27

Topic

Updated firefox packages that fix one security issue 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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update critical code execution software patch Red Hat Enterprise Linux firefox

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

497447 - CVE-2009-1313 Firefox crash in nsTextFrame::ClearTextRun()

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