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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Security Update: RHSA-2014:0741-01 for Firefox

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Calendar Grey June 10, 2014
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Important announcement regarding Red Hat Enterprise Linux’s Firefox version, correcting several vulnerabilities. Urgent update suggested.
Updated firefox packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7

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-2014-1533, CVE-2014-1538, CVE-2014-1541)
Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting these issues. Upstream acknowledges Gary Kwong, Christoph Diehl, Christian Holler, Hannes Verschore, Jan de Mooij, Ryan VanderMeulen, Jeff Walden, Kyle Huey, Abhishek Arya, and Nils as the original reporters of these issues.
For technical details regarding these flaws, refer to the Mozilla security advisories for Firefox 24.6.0 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 24.6.0 ESR, which corrects these issues. After installing the update, Firefox must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1533 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1538 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1541 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: firefox-24.6.0-1.el5_10.src.rpm
i386: firefox-24.6.0-1.el5_10.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-24.6.0-1.el5_10.i386.rpm
x86_64: firefox-24.6.0-1.el5_10.i386.rpm firefox-24.6.0-1.el5_10.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-24.6.0-1.el5_10.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-24.6.0-1.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):
Source: firefox-24.6.0-1.el5_10.src.rpm
i386: firefox-24.6.0-1.el5_10.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-24.6.0-1.el5_10.i386.rpm
ia64: firefox-24.6.0-1.el5_10.ia64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-24.6.0-1.el5_10.ia64.rpm
ppc: firefox-24.6.0-1.el5_10.ppc.rpm firefox-debuginfo-24.6.0-1.el5_10.ppc.rpm
s390x: firefox-24.6.0-1.el5_10.s390.rpm firefox-24.6.0-1.el5_10.s390x.rpm firefox-debuginfo-24.6.0-1.el5_10.s390.rpm firefox-debuginfo-24.6.0-1.el5_10.s390x.rpm
x86_64: firefox-24.6.0-1.el5_10.i386.rpm firefox-24.6.0-1.el5_10.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-24.6.0-1.el5_10.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-24.6.0-1.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):
Source: firefox-24.6.0-1.el6_5.src.rpm
i386: firefox-24.6.0-1.el6_5.i686.rpm firefox-debuginfo-24.6.0-1.el6_5.i686.rpm
x86_64: firefox-24.6.0-1.el6_5.i686.rpm firefox-24.6.0-1.el6_5.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-24.6.0-1.el6_5.i686.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2014:0741-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0741.html
Issue date: 2014-06-10

Topic

Updated firefox packages that fix several security issues are now availablefor Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7.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

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Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - 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 Server (v. 7) - ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - ppc64, s390x, x86_64

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1107399 - CVE-2014-1533 Mozilla: Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:24.6) (MFSA 2014-48)

1107421 - CVE-2014-1538 Mozilla: Use-after-free and out of bounds issues found using Address Sanitizer (MFSA 2014-49)

1107424 - CVE-2014-1541 Mozilla: Use-after-free with SMIL Animation Controller (MFSA 2014-52)

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