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Red Hat: RHSA-2014:0310-01 Critical: Firefox Security Flaws

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Calendar Grey March 18, 2014
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Important Firefox patch for Red Hat resolves multiple significant security vulnerabilities. Update immediately for improved safety.
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-2014-1493, CVE-2014-1510, CVE-2014-1511, CVE-2014-1512, CVE-2014-1513, CVE-2014-1514)
Several information disclosure flaws were found in the way Firefox processed malformed web content. An attacker could use these flaws to gain access to sensitive information such as cross-domain content or protected memory addresses or, potentially, cause Firefox to crash. (CVE-2014-1497, CVE-2014-1508, CVE-2014-1505)
A memory corruption flaw was found in the way Firefox rendered certain PDF files. An attacker able to trick a user into installing a malicious extension could use this flaw to crash Firefox or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Firefox. (CVE-2014-1509)
Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting these issues. Upstream acknowledges Benoit Jacob, Olli Pettay, Jan Varga, Jan de Mooij, Jesse Ruderman, Dan Gohman, Christoph Diehl, Atte Kettunen, Tyson Smith, Jesse Schwartzentruber, John Thomson, Robert O'Callahan, Mariusz Mlynski, Jüri Aedla, George Hotz, and the security research firm VUPEN as the original reporters of these issues.
For technical details regarding these flaws, refer to the Mozilla security advisories for Firefox 24.4.0 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 24.4.0 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-2014-1493 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1497 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1505 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1508 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1509 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1510 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1511 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1512 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1513 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1514 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-24.4.0-1.el5_10.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-24.4.0-1.el5_10.i386.rpm
x86_64: firefox-24.4.0-1.el5_10.i386.rpm firefox-24.4.0-1.el5_10.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-24.4.0-1.el5_10.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-24.4.0-1.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):
Source:
i386: firefox-24.4.0-1.el5_10.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-24.4.0-1.el5_10.i386.rpm
ia64: firefox-24.4.0-1.el5_10.ia64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-24.4.0-1.el5_10.ia64.rpm
ppc: firefox-24.4.0-1.el5_10.ppc.rpm firefox-debuginfo-24.4.0-1.el5_10.ppc.rpm
s390x: firefox-24.4.0-1.el5_10.s390.rpm firefox-24.4.0-1.el5_10.s390x.rpm firefox-debuginfo-24.4.0-1.el5_10.s390.rpm firefox-debuginfo-24.4.0-1.el5_10.s390x.rpm
x86_64: firefox-24.4.0-1.el5_10.i386.rpm firefox-24.4.0-1.el5_10.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-24.4.0-1.el5_10.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-24.4.0-1.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):
Source:
i386: firefox-24.4.0-1.el6_5.i686.rpm firefox-debuginfo-24.4.0-1.el6_5.i686.rpm
x86_64: firefox-24.4.0-1.el6_5.i686.rpm firefox-24.4.0-1.el6_5.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-24.4.0-1.el6_5.i686.rpm firefox-debuginfo-24.4.0-1.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6):
Source:
x86_64:

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2014:0310-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue date: 2014-03-18

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.

Relevant Releases Architectures

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 HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - x86_64

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

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

Bugs Fixed

1077013 - CVE-2014-1493 Mozilla: Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:24.4) (MFSA 2014-15)

1077016 - CVE-2014-1497 Mozilla: Out of bounds read during WAV file decoding (MFSA 2014-17)

1077025 - CVE-2014-1508 Mozilla: Information disclosure through polygon rendering in MathML (MFSA 2014-26)

1077028 - CVE-2014-1509 Mozilla: Memory corruption in Cairo during PDF font rendering (MFSA 2014-27)

1077029 - CVE-2014-1505 Mozilla: SVG filters information disclosure through feDisplacementMap (MFSA 2014-28)

1077490 - CVE-2014-1510 CVE-2014-1511 Mozilla: Privilege escalation using WebIDL-implemented APIs (MFSA 2014-29)

1077491 - CVE-2014-1512 Mozilla: Use-after-free in TypeObject (MFSA 2014-30)

1077492 - CVE-2014-1513 Mozilla: Out-of-bounds read/write through neutering ArrayBuffer objects (MFSA 2014-31)

1077494 - CVE-2014-1514 Mozilla: Out-of-bounds write through TypedArrayObject after neutering (MFSA 2014-32)

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