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Red Hat: RHSA-2010-0112-01 Critical: Firefox Security Impact

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Calendar Grey February 17, 2010
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Critical firefox update available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux to address multiple critical security issues and flaws.
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.
A use-after-free flaw was found in Firefox. Under low memory conditions, visiting a web page containing malicious content could result in Firefox executing arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Firefox. (CVE-2009-1571)
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 with the privileges of the user running Firefox. (CVE-2010-0159, CVE-2010-0160)
Two flaws were found in the way certain content was processed. An attacker could use these flaws to create a malicious web page that could bypass the same-origin policy, or possibly run untrusted JavaScript. (CVE-2009-3988, CVE-2010-0162)
For technical details regarding these flaws, refer to the Mozilla security advisories for Firefox 3.0.18. 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 3.0.18, which corrects these issues. After installing the update, Firefox must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-1571 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-3988 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0159 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0160 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0162 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-3.0.18-1.el4.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.18-1.el4.i386.rpm
ia64: firefox-3.0.18-1.el4.ia64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.18-1.el4.ia64.rpm
ppc: firefox-3.0.18-1.el4.ppc.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.18-1.el4.ppc.rpm
s390: firefox-3.0.18-1.el4.s390.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.18-1.el4.s390.rpm
s390x: firefox-3.0.18-1.el4.s390x.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.18-1.el4.s390x.rpm
x86_64: firefox-3.0.18-1.el4.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.18-1.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:
Source:
i386: firefox-3.0.18-1.el4.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.18-1.el4.i386.rpm
x86_64: firefox-3.0.18-1.el4.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.18-1.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:
Source:
i386: firefox-3.0.18-1.el4.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.18-1.el4.i386.rpm
ia64: firefox-3.0.18-1.el4.ia64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.18-1.el4.ia64.rpm
x86_64: firefox-3.0.18-1.el4.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.18-1.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:
Source:
i386: firefox-3.0.18-1.el4.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.18-1.el4.i386.rpm
ia64: firefox-3.0.18-1.el4.ia64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.18-1.el4.ia64.rpm
x86_64: firefox-3.0.18-1.el4.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.18-1.el4.x86_64.rpm


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2010:0112-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0112.html
Issue date: 2010-02-17

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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Topics Covered

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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

566047 - CVE-2010-0159 Mozilla crashes with evidence of memory corruption (MFSA 2010-01)

566049 - CVE-2010-0160 Mozilla implementation of Web Workers can lead to crash with evidence of memory corruption (MFSA 2010-02)

566050 - CVE-2009-1571 Mozilla incorrectly frees used memory (MFSA 2010-03)

566051 - CVE-2009-3988 Mozilla violation of same-origin policy due to properties set on objects passed to showModalDialog (MFSA 2010-04)

566052 - CVE-2010-0162 Mozilla bypass of same-origin policy due to improper SVG document processing (MFSA 2010-05)

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