Scientific Linux: Vital Update for Firefox Security in SL4.x and SL5.x

Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2008 14:21:06 -0600
Reply-To: Troy Dawson 
Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Troy Dawson 
Subject: Security ERRATA for firefox on SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis:	Critical: firefox security update
Issue date:	2008-02-07
CVE Names:	CVE-2008-0412 CVE-2008-0413 CVE-2008-0415
 CVE-2008-0417 CVE-2008-0418 CVE-2008-0419
 CVE-2008-0591 CVE-2008-0592 CVE-2008-0593

Several flaws were found in the way Firefox processed certain malformed web
content. A webpage containing malicious content could cause Firefox to
crash, or potentially execute arbitrary code as the user running Firefox.
(CVE-2008-0412, CVE-2008-0413, CVE-2008-0415, CVE-2008-0419)

Several flaws were found in the way Firefox displayed malformed web
content. A webpage containing specially-crafted content could trick a user
into surrendering sensitive information. (CVE-2008-0591, CVE-2008-0593)

A flaw was found in the way Firefox stored password data. If a user saves
login information for a malicious website, it could be possible to corrupt
the password database, preventing the user from properly accessing saved
password data. (CVE-2008-0417)

A flaw was found in the way Firefox handles certain chrome URLs. If a user
has certain extensions installed, it could allow a malicious website to
steal sensitive session data. Note: this flaw does not affect a default
installation of Firefox. (CVE-2008-0418)

A flaw was found in the way Firefox saves certain text files. If a
website offers a file of type "plain/text", rather than "text/plain",
Firefox will not show future "text/plain" content to the user in the
browser, forcing them to save those files locally to view the content.
(CVE-2008-0592)

SL 4.x

 SRPMS:
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.10.el4.src.rpm
 i386:
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.10.el4.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.10.el4.i386.rpm
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.10.el4.x86_64.rpm

SL 5.x

 SRPMS:
firefox-1.5.0.12-9.el5.src.rpm
 i386:
firefox-1.5.0.12-9.el5.i386.rpm
firefox-devel-1.5.0.12-9.el5.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
firefox-1.5.0.12-9.el5.i386.rpm
firefox-1.5.0.12-9.el5.x86_64.rpm
firefox-devel-1.5.0.12-9.el5.i386.rpm
firefox-devel-1.5.0.12-9.el5.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson