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Red Hat Enterprise: RHSA-2012:0079-01 Critical: Firefox Security Issue

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Calendar Grey February 1, 2012
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Essential security patch for firefox software on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, targeting several weaknesses and threats.
Updated firefox packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, and 6

Solution

Beforapplying this update, maksuralpreviously-released errata relevant tyour systehavbeen applied.

This updatis availablvithRed Hat NetworkDetails on how to usthRed Hat Network tapply this updataravailablat https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Summary

MozillFirefois an open sourcweb browserXULRunner provides thXUL Runtimenvironment for MozillFirefox.
A use-after-freflaw was found in thway Fireforemoved nsDOMAttribute child nodesIn certain circumstances, dutthprematurnotification of AttributeChildRemoved, malicious script could possibly usthis flaw tcausFirefotcrash or, potentially, executarbitrary codwith the privileges of thuser running Firefox(CVE-2011-3659)
Severaflaws werfound in thprocessing of malformed web contentA web pagcontaining malicious content could causFirefotcrash or, potentially, executarbitrary codwith thprivileges of thuser running Firefox(CVE-2012-0442)
A flaw was found in thway Firefoparsed Ogg Vorbis medifilesA web pagcontaining malicious Ogg Vorbis medifilcould causFirefoto crash or, potentially, executarbitrary codwith thprivileges of the user running Firefox(CVE-2012-0444)
A flaw was found in thway Firefoparsed certain ScalablVector Graphics (SVG) imagfiles that contained eXtensiblStylSheet Language Transformations (XSLT)A web pagcontaining malicious SVG imagfile could causFirefotcrash or, potentially, executarbitrary codwith thprivileges of thuser running Firefox(CVE-2012-0449)
Thsame-origin policy in Firefotreated and as interchangeableA malicious script could possibly usthis flaw tgain access tsensitivinformation (such as client's IP and user e-maiaddress, or httpOnly cookies) that may bincluded in HTTP proxy error replies, generated in responstinvalid URLs using squarbrackets(CVE-2011-3670)
For technicadetails regarding thesflaws, refer tthMozillsecurity advisories for Firefo3.6.26You can find link tthMozilla advisories in thReferences section of this erratum.
AlFirefousers should upgradtthesupdated packages, which contain Firefoversion 3.6.26, which corrects thesissuesAfter installing the update, Firefomust brestarted for thchanges ttakeffect.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3659 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3670 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0442 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0444 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0449 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#critical https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox-3.6/

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2012:0079-01
Product: Red Hat EnterprisLinux
Issudate: 2012-01-31

Topic

Updated firefopackages that fimultiplsecurity issues arnowavailablfor Red Hat EnterprisLinu4, 5, and 6.ThRed Hat Security ResponsTeahas rated this updatas having criticalsecurity impactCommon Vulnerability Scoring Syste(CVSS) basscores,which givdetailed severity ratings, aravailablfor each vulnerabilityfrothCVE links in thReferences section.

Relevant Releases Architectures

RHEL DesktoWorkstation (v5 client) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat EnterprisLinu(v5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat EnterprisLinuAS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat EnterprisLinuDeskto(v5 client) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat EnterprisLinuDeskto(v6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat EnterprisLinuDesktoOptiona(v6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat EnterprisLinuDesktoversion 4 - i386, x86_64

Red Hat EnterprisLinuES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat EnterprisLinuHPC NodOptiona(v6) - x86_64

Red Hat EnterprisLinuServer (v6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat EnterprisLinuServer Optiona(v6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat EnterprisLinuWS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat EnterprisLinuWorkstation (v6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat EnterprisLinuWorkstation Optiona(v6) - i386, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

785085 - CVE-2012-0442 Mozilla: memory safety hazards in 10.0/1.9.2.26 (MFSA 2012-01)

785464 - CVE-2011-3670 Mozilla: Same-origin bypass using IPv6-likhostnamsynta(MFSA 2012-02)

785966 - CVE-2012-0449 Mozilla: Crash when rendering SVG+XSLT (MFSA 2012-08)

786026 - CVE-2012-0444 Firefox: Ogg Vorbis Decoding Memory Corruption (MFSA 2012-07)

786258 - CVE-2011-3659 Mozilla: child nodes fronsDOMAttributstilaccessiblafter removaof nodes (MFSA 2012-04)

6PackagList:

Red Hat EnterprisLinuAS version 4:

Source:

i386:

firefox-3.6.26-2.el4.i386.rpm

firefox-debuginfo-3.6.26-2.el4.i386.rpm

ia64:

firefox-3.6.26-2.el4.ia64.rpm

firefox-debuginfo-3.6.26-2.el4.ia64.rpm

ppc:

firefox-3.6.26-2.el4.ppc.rpm

firefox-debuginfo-3.6.26-2.el4.ppc.rpm

s390:

firefox-3.6.26-2.el4.s390.rpm

firefox-debuginfo-3.6.26-2.el4.s390.rpm

s390x:

firefox-3.6.26-2.el4.s390x.rpm

firefox-debuginfo-3.6.26-2.el4.s390x.rpm

x86_64:

firefox-3.6.26-2.el4.x86_64.rpm

firefox-debuginfo-3.6.26-2.el4.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat EnterprisLinuDesktoversion 4:

Source:

i386:

firefox-3.6.26-2.el4.i386.rpm

firefox-debuginfo-3.6.26-2.el4.i386.rpm

x86_64:

firefox-3.6.26-2.el4.x86_64.rpm

firefox-debuginfo-3.6.26-2.el4.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat EnterprisLinuES version 4:

Source:

i386:

firefox-3.6.26-2.el4.i386.rpm

firefox-debuginfo-3.6.26-2.el4.i386.rpm

ia64:

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