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Red Hat: RHSA-2012:1350-01 Critical: Firefox Security Issues Update

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Calendar Grey October 9, 2012
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Important Firefox vulnerability and bug resolution patch released for Red Hat. Make sure to update systems without delay.
Updated firefox packages that fix several security issues and one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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 https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

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-2012-3982, CVE-2012-3988, CVE-2012-3990, CVE-2012-3995, CVE-2012-4179, CVE-2012-4180, CVE-2012-4181, CVE-2012-4182, CVE-2012-4183, CVE-2012-4185, CVE-2012-4186, CVE-2012-4187, CVE-2012-4188)
Two flaws in Firefox could allow a malicious website to bypass intended restrictions, possibly leading to information disclosure, or Firefox executing arbitrary code. Note that the information disclosure issue could possibly be combined with other flaws to achieve arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2012-3986, CVE-2012-3991)
Multiple flaws were found in the location object implementation in Firefox. Malicious content could be used to perform cross-site scripting attacks, script injection, or spoofing attacks. (CVE-2012-1956, CVE-2012-3992, CVE-2012-3994)
Two flaws were found in the way Chrome Object Wrappers were implemented. Malicious content could be used to perform cross-site scripting attacks or cause Firefox to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2012-3993, CVE-2012-4184)
For technical details regarding these flaws, refer to the Mozilla security advisories for Firefox 10.0.8 ESR. You can find a link to the Mozilla advisories in the References section of this erratum.
Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting these issues. Upstream acknowledges Christian Holler, Jesse Ruderman, Soroush Dalili, miaubiz, Abhishek Arya, Atte Kettunen, Johnny Stenback, Alice White, moz_bug_r_a4, and Mariusz Mlynski as the original reporters of these issues.
This update also fixes the following bug:
* In certain environments, storing personal Firefox configuration files (~/.mozilla/) on an NFS share, such as when your home directory is on a NFS share, led to Firefox functioning incorrectly, for example, navigation buttons not working as expected, and bookmarks not saving. This update adds a new configuration option, storage.nfs_filesystem, that can be used to resolve this issue.
If you experience this issue:
1) Start Firefox.
2) Type "about:config" (without quotes) into the URL bar and press the Enter key.
3) If prompted with "This might void your warranty!", click the "I'll be careful, I promise!" button.
4) Right-click in the Preference Name list. In the menu that opens, select New -> Boolean.
5) Type "storage.nfs_filesystem" (without quotes) for the preference name and then click the OK button.
6) Select "true" for the boolean value and then press the OK button. (BZ#809571, BZ#816234)
All Firefox users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain Firefox version 10.0.8 ESR, 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-2012-1956 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3982 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3986 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3988 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3990 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3991 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3992 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3993 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3994 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3995 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4179 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4180 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4181 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4182 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4183 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4184 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4185 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4186 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4187 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4188 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox-esr/

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):
Source:
i386: firefox-10.0.8-1.el5_8.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-10.0.8-1.el5_8.i386.rpm xulrunner-10.0.8-1.el5_8.i386.rpm xulrunner-debuginfo-10.0.8-1.el5_8.i386.rpm
x86_64: firefox-10.0.8-1.el5_8.i386.rpm firefox-10.0.8-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-10.0.8-1.el5_8.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-10.0.8-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm xulrunner-10.0.8-1.el5_8.i386.rpm xulrunner-10.0.8-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm xulrunner-debuginfo-10.0.8-1.el5_8.i386.rpm xulrunner-debuginfo-10.0.8-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client):
Source:
i386: xulrunner-debuginfo-10.0.8-1.el5_8.i386.rpm xulrunner-devel-10.0.8-1.el5_8.i386.rpm
x86_64: xulrunner-debuginfo-10.0.8-1.el5_8.i386.rpm xulrunner-debuginfo-10.0.8-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm xulrunner-devel-10.0.8-1.el5_8.i386.rpm xulrunner-devel-10.0.8-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):
Source:
i386: firefox-10.0.8-1.el5_8.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-10.0.8-1.el5_8.i386.rpm xulrunner-10.0.8-1.el5_8.i386.rpm xulrunner-debuginfo-10.0.8-1.el5_8.i386.rpm xulrunner-devel-10.0.8-1.el5_8.i386.rpm
ia64: firefox-10.0.8-1.el5_8.ia64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-10.0.8-1.el5_8.ia64.rpm xulrunner-10.0.8-1.el5_8.ia64.rpm xulrunner-debuginfo-10.0.8-1.el5_8.ia64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2012:1350-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue date: 2012-10-09

Topic

Updated firefox packages that fix several security issues and one bug arenow available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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 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 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 Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

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

Bugs Fixed

851912 - CVE-2012-1956 Mozilla: Location object can be shadowed using Object.defineProperty (MFSA 2012-59)

863614 - CVE-2012-3982 Mozilla: Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:10.0.8) (MFSA 2012-74)

863618 - CVE-2012-3986 Mozilla: Some DOMWindowUtils methods bypass security checks (MFSA 2012-77)

863619 - CVE-2012-3988 Mozilla: DOS and crash with full screen and history navigation (MFSA 2012-79)

863621 - CVE-2012-3991 Mozilla: GetProperty function can bypass security checks (MFSA 2012-81)

863622 - CVE-2012-3994 Mozilla: top object and location property accessible by plugins (MFSA 2012-82)

863623 - CVE-2012-3993 CVE-2012-4184 Mozilla: Chrome Object Wrapper (COW) does not disallow acces to privileged functions or properties (MFSA 2012-83)

863624 - CVE-2012-3992 Mozilla: Spoofing and script injection through location.hash (MFSA 2012-84)

863625 - CVE-2012-3995 CVE-2012-4179 CVE-2012-4180 CVE-2012-4181 CVE-2012-4182 CVE-2012-4183 Mozilla: Use-after-free, buffer overflow, and out of bounds read issues found using Address Sanitizer (MFSA 2012-85)

863626 - CVE-2012-4185 CVE-2012-4186 CVE-2012-4187 CVE-2012-4188 Mozilla: Heap memory corruption issues found using Address Sanitizer (MFSA 2012-86)

863628 - CVE-2012-3990 Mozilla: Use-after-free in the IME State Manager (MFSA 2012-87)

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