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Red Hat: RHSA-2011:0310-01 Critical: Firefox Security Fix

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Calendar Grey March 2, 2011
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Important news for Red Hat Enterprise Linux users regarding crucial Firefox security vulnerabilities. Urgent updates required to ensure protection.
Updated firefox packages that fix several security issues and one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, and 6

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.
A flaw was found in the way Firefox sanitized HTML content in extensions. If an extension loaded or rendered malicious content using the ParanoidFragmentSink class, it could fail to safely display the content, causing Firefox to execute arbitrary JavaScript with the privileges of the user running Firefox. (CVE-2010-1585)
A flaw was found in the way Firefox handled dialog boxes. An attacker could use this flaw to create a malicious web page that would present a blank dialog box that has non-functioning buttons. If a user closes the dialog box window, it could unexpectedly grant the malicious web page elevated privileges. (CVE-2011-0051)
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-2011-0053, CVE-2011-0055, CVE-2011-0058, CVE-2011-0062)
Several flaws were found in the way Firefox handled malformed JavaScript. A website containing malicious JavaScript could cause Firefox to execute that JavaScript with the privileges of the user running Firefox. (CVE-2011-0054, CVE-2011-0056, CVE-2011-0057)
A flaw was found in the way Firefox handled malformed JPEG images. A website containing a malicious JPEG image could cause Firefox to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Firefox. (CVE-2011-0061)
A flaw was found in the way Firefox handled plug-ins that perform HTTP requests. If a plug-in performed an HTTP request, and the server sent a 307 redirect response, the plug-in was not notified, and the HTTP request was forwarded. The forwarded request could contain custom headers, which could result in a Cross Site Request Forgery attack. (CVE-2011-0059)
For technical details regarding these flaws, refer to the Mozilla security advisories for Firefox 3.6.14. You can find a link to the Mozilla advisories in the References section of this erratum.
This update also fixes the following bug:
* On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5, running the "firefox - -setDefaultBrowser" command caused warnings such as the following:
libgnomevfs-WARNING **: Deprecated function. User modifications to the MIME database are no longer supported.
This update disables the "setDefaultBrowser" option. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 users wishing to set a default web browser can use Applications -> Preferences -> More Preferences -> Preferred Applications. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 users can use System -> Preferences -> Preferred Applications. (BZ#463131, BZ#665031)
All Firefox users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain Firefox version 3.6.14, which corrects these issues. After installing the update, Firefox must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1585 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-0051 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-0053 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-0054 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-0055 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-0056 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-0057 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-0058 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-0059 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-0061 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-0062 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-3.6.14-4.el4.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.6.14-4.el4.i386.rpm
ia64: firefox-3.6.14-4.el4.ia64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.6.14-4.el4.ia64.rpm
ppc: firefox-3.6.14-4.el4.ppc.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.6.14-4.el4.ppc.rpm
s390: firefox-3.6.14-4.el4.s390.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.6.14-4.el4.s390.rpm
s390x: firefox-3.6.14-4.el4.s390x.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.6.14-4.el4.s390x.rpm
x86_64: firefox-3.6.14-4.el4.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.6.14-4.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:
Source:
i386: firefox-3.6.14-4.el4.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.6.14-4.el4.i386.rpm
x86_64: firefox-3.6.14-4.el4.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.6.14-4.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:
Source:
i386: firefox-3.6.14-4.el4.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.6.14-4.el4.i386.rpm
ia64: firefox-3.6.14-4.el4.ia64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.6.14-4.el4.ia64.rpm
x86_64: firefox-3.6.14-4.el4.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.6.14-4.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:
Source:
i386: firefox-3.6.14-4.el4.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.6.14-4.el4.i386.rpm
ia64: firefox-3.6.14-4.el4.ia64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.6.14-4.el4.ia64.rpm
x86_64: firefox-3.6.14-4.el4.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.6.14-4.el4.x86_64.rpm


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2011:0310-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue date: 2011-03-01

Topic

Updated firefox packages that fix several security issues and one bug arenow available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, and 6.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.

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 (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - 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 HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

463131 - libgnomevfs-WARNING when making firefox as default browser

665031 - firefox -setDefaultBrowser throws warnings

675082 - CVE-2011-0053 Mozilla miscellaneous memory safety hazards (MFSA 2011-01)

675083 - CVE-2011-0062 Mozilla miscellaneous memory safety hazards (MFSA 2011-01)

675087 - CVE-2011-0051 Mozilla recursive eval call causes confirm dialog to evaluate to true (MFSA 2011-02)

675090 - CVE-2011-0055 Mozilla use-after-free error in JSON.stringify (MFSA2011-03)

675091 - CVE-2011-0054 Mozilla Buffer overflow in JavaScript upvarMap (MFSA 2011-04)

675092 - CVE-2011-0056 Mozilla Buffer overflow in JavaScript atom map (MFSA 2011-05)

675093 - CVE-2011-0057 Mozilla use-after-free error using Web Workers (MFSA 2011-06)

675094 - CVE-2010-1585 Mozilla ParanoidFragmentSink allows javascript: URLs in chrome documents (MFSA 2011-08)

675095 - CVE-2011-0061 Mozilla crash caused by corrupted JPEG image (MFSA 2011-09)

675143 - CVE-2011-0058 Mozilla memory corruption during text run construction (MFSA 2011-07)

681369 - CVE-2011-0059 Mozilla CSRF risk with plugins and 307 redirects (MFSA 2011-10)

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