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Red Hat: RHSA-2010-0547-01 Critical: Firefox Remote Code Execution

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Calendar Grey July 21, 2010
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Latest Firefox updates resolve multiple high-risk vulnerabilities for users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Immediate upgrade is advised.
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 all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the 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 with the privileges of the user running Firefox. (CVE-2010-1208, CVE-2010-1209, CVE-2010-1211, CVE-2010-1212, CVE-2010-1214, CVE-2010-1215, CVE-2010-2752, CVE-2010-2753)
A memory corruption flaw was found in the way Firefox decoded certain PNG images. An attacker could create a specially-crafted PNG image that, when opened, could cause Firefox to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Firefox. (CVE-2010-1205)
Several same-origin policy bypass flaws were found in Firefox. An attacker could create a malicious web page that, when viewed by a victim, could steal private data from a different website the victim has loaded with Firefox. (CVE-2010-0654, CVE-2010-1207, CVE-2010-1213, CVE-2010-2754)
A flaw was found in the way Firefox presented the location bar to a user. A malicious website could trick a user into thinking they are visiting the site reported by the location bar, when the page is actually content controlled by an attacker. (CVE-2010-1206)
A flaw was found in the way Firefox displayed the location bar when visiting a secure web page. A malicious server could use this flaw to present data that appears to originate from a secure server, even though it does not. (CVE-2010-2751)
A flaw was found in the way Firefox displayed certain malformed characters. A malicious web page could use this flaw to bypass certain string sanitization methods, allowing it to display malicious information to users. (CVE-2010-1210)
For technical details regarding these flaws, refer to the Mozilla security advisories for Firefox 3.6.7. You can find a link to the Mozilla advisories in the References section of this erratum.
All Firefox users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain Firefox version 3.6.7, which corrects these issues. After installing the update, Firefox must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue critical software update remote code execution red hat enterprise linux firefox update

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0654 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1205 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1206 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1207 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1208 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1209 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1210 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1211 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1212 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1213 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1214 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1215 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2751 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2752 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2753 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2754 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#critical https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox-3.6/

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:
Source:
i386: firefox-3.6.7-2.el4.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.6.7-2.el4.i386.rpm
ia64: firefox-3.6.7-2.el4.ia64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.6.7-2.el4.ia64.rpm
ppc: firefox-3.6.7-2.el4.ppc.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.6.7-2.el4.ppc.rpm
s390: firefox-3.6.7-2.el4.s390.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.6.7-2.el4.s390.rpm
s390x: firefox-3.6.7-2.el4.s390x.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.6.7-2.el4.s390x.rpm
x86_64: firefox-3.6.7-2.el4.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.6.7-2.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:
Source:
i386: firefox-3.6.7-2.el4.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.6.7-2.el4.i386.rpm
x86_64: firefox-3.6.7-2.el4.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.6.7-2.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:
Source:
i386: firefox-3.6.7-2.el4.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.6.7-2.el4.i386.rpm
ia64: firefox-3.6.7-2.el4.ia64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.6.7-2.el4.ia64.rpm
x86_64: firefox-3.6.7-2.el4.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.6.7-2.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:
Source:
i386: firefox-3.6.7-2.el4.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.6.7-2.el4.i386.rpm
ia64: firefox-3.6.7-2.el4.ia64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.6.7-2.el4.ia64.rpm
x86_64: firefox-3.6.7-2.el4.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.6.7-2.el4.x86_64.rpm


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2010:0547-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0547.html
Issue date: 2010-07-20

Topic

Updated firefox packages that fix several security issues are now availablefor Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having criticalsecurity impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores,which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE links in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue critical software update remote code execution red hat enterprise linux firefox update

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

568231 - CVE-2010-0654 firefox: cross-domain information disclosure

608238 - CVE-2010-1205 libpng: out-of-bounds memory write

608763 - CVE-2010-1206 Firefox: Spoofing attacks via vectors involving 'No Content' status code or via a windows.stop call

615455 - CVE-2010-1211 Mozilla miscellaneous memory safety hazards

615456 - CVE-2010-1212 Mozilla miscellaneous memory safety hazards

615458 - CVE-2010-1208 Mozilla DOM attribute cloning remote code execution vulnerability

615459 - CVE-2010-1209 Mozilla Use-after-free error in NodeIterator

615462 - CVE-2010-1214 Mozilla Plugin parameter EnsureCachedAttrParamArrays remote code execution vulnerability

615463 - CVE-2010-1215 Mozilla Arbitrary code execution using SJOW and fast native function

615464 - CVE-2010-2752 Mozilla nsCSSValue::Array index integer overflow

615466 - CVE-2010-2753 Mozilla nsTreeSelection dangling pointer remote code execution vulnerability

615471 - CVE-2010-1213 Mozilla Cross-origin data disclosure via Web Workers and importScripts

615472 - CVE-2010-1207 Mozilla Same-origin bypass using canvas context

615474 - CVE-2010-1210 Mozilla Characters mapped to U+FFFD in 8 bit encodings cause subsequent character to vanish

615480 - CVE-2010-2751 Mozilla SSL spoofing with history.back() and history.forward()

615488 - CVE-2010-2754 Mozilla Cross-origin data leakage from script filename in error messages

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