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Red Hat Enterprise Linux: RHSA-2013:1268-01 Critical Firefox Exploit

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Calendar Grey September 17, 2013
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Enhance your Firefox installation on Red Hat Enterprise Linux to address vital security vulnerabilities that could potentially expose the system to risks.
Updated firefox packages that fix several security issues 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/site/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-2013-1718, CVE-2013-1722, CVE-2013-1725, CVE-2013-1730, CVE-2013-1732, CVE-2013-1735, CVE-2013-1736)
A flaw was found in the way Firefox handled certain DOM JavaScript objects. An attacker could use this flaw to make JavaScript client or add-on code make incorrect, security sensitive decisions. (CVE-2013-1737)
Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting these issues. Upstream acknowledges André Bargull, Scoobidiver, Bobby Holley, Reuben Morais, Abhishek Arya, Ms2ger, Sachin Shinde, Aki Helin, Nils, and Boris Zbarsky as the original reporters of these issues.
For technical details regarding these flaws, refer to the Mozilla security advisories for Firefox 17.0.9 ESR. 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 17.0.9 ESR, which corrects these issues. After installing the update, Firefox must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

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security advisory security update security issue critical Red Hat Enterprise Linux Firefox browser exploit

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1718 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1722 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1725 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1730 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1732 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1735 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1736 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1737 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-17.0.9-1.el5_9.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-17.0.9-1.el5_9.i386.rpm xulrunner-17.0.9-1.el5_9.i386.rpm xulrunner-debuginfo-17.0.9-1.el5_9.i386.rpm
x86_64: firefox-17.0.9-1.el5_9.i386.rpm firefox-17.0.9-1.el5_9.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-17.0.9-1.el5_9.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-17.0.9-1.el5_9.x86_64.rpm xulrunner-17.0.9-1.el5_9.i386.rpm xulrunner-17.0.9-1.el5_9.x86_64.rpm xulrunner-debuginfo-17.0.9-1.el5_9.i386.rpm xulrunner-debuginfo-17.0.9-1.el5_9.x86_64.rpm
RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client):
Source:
i386: xulrunner-debuginfo-17.0.9-1.el5_9.i386.rpm xulrunner-devel-17.0.9-1.el5_9.i386.rpm
x86_64: xulrunner-debuginfo-17.0.9-1.el5_9.i386.rpm xulrunner-debuginfo-17.0.9-1.el5_9.x86_64.rpm xulrunner-devel-17.0.9-1.el5_9.i386.rpm xulrunner-devel-17.0.9-1.el5_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):
Source:
i386: firefox-17.0.9-1.el5_9.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-17.0.9-1.el5_9.i386.rpm xulrunner-17.0.9-1.el5_9.i386.rpm xulrunner-debuginfo-17.0.9-1.el5_9.i386.rpm xulrunner-devel-17.0.9-1.el5_9.i386.rpm
ia64: firefox-17.0.9-1.el5_9.ia64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-17.0.9-1.el5_9.ia64.rpm xulrunner-17.0.9-1.el5_9.ia64.rpm xulrunner-debuginfo-17.0.9-1.el5_9.ia64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2013:1268-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:1268.html
Issue date: 2013-09-17

Topic

Updated firefox packages that fix several security issues are now availablefor 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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update security issue critical Red Hat Enterprise Linux Firefox browser exploit

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

1009031 - CVE-2013-1718 Mozilla: Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:17.0.9) (MFSA 2013-76)

1009032 - CVE-2013-1722 Mozilla: Use-after-free in Animation Manager during stylesheet cloning (MFSA 2013-79)

1009033 - CVE-2013-1725 Mozilla: Calling scope for new Javascript objects can lead to memory corruption (MFSA 2013-82)

1009036 - CVE-2013-1730 Mozilla: Compartment mismatch re-attaching XBL-backed nodes (MFSA 2013-88)

1009037 - CVE-2013-1732 Mozilla: Buffer overflow with multi-column, lists, and floats (MFSA 2013-89)

1009039 - CVE-2013-1735 CVE-2013-1736 Mozilla: Memory corruption involving scrolling (MFSA 2013-90)

1009041 - CVE-2013-1737 Mozilla: User-defined properties on DOM proxies get the wrong "this" object (MFSA 2013-91)

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