Date:         Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:25:59 -0500
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
Comments: To: "scientific-linux-errata@fnal.gov"
          

Synopsis:	Critical: firefox security update
Issue date:	2008-04-16
CVE Names:	CVE-2008-1380

A flaw was found in the processing of malformed JavaScript content. A web
page containing such malicious content could cause Firefox to crash or,
potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running Firefox.
(CVE-2008-1380)

SL 4.x

     SRPMS:
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.15.el4.src.rpm
     i386:
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.15.el4.i386.rpm
     x86_64:
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.15.el4.i386.rpm
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.15.el4.x86_64.rpm

SL 5.x

     SRPMS:
firefox-1.5.0.12-15.el5_1.src.rpm
     i386:
firefox-1.5.0.12-15.el5_1.i386.rpm
firefox-devel-1.5.0.12-15.el5_1.i386.rpm
     x86_64:
firefox-1.5.0.12-15.el5_1.i386.rpm
firefox-1.5.0.12-15.el5_1.x86_64.rpm
firefox-devel-1.5.0.12-15.el5_1.i386.rpm
firefox-devel-1.5.0.12-15.el5_1.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson

SciLinux: CVE-2008-1380 firefox SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64

Critical: firefox security update

Summary

Date:         Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:25:59 -0500Reply-To:     Troy Dawson Sender:       Security Errata for Scientific Linux              From:         Troy Dawson Subject:      Security ERRATA for firefox on SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64Comments: To: "scientific-linux-errata@fnal.gov"          Synopsis:	Critical: firefox security updateIssue date:	2008-04-16CVE Names:	CVE-2008-1380A flaw was found in the processing of malformed JavaScript content. A webpage containing such malicious content could cause Firefox to crash or,potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running Firefox.(CVE-2008-1380)SL 4.x     SRPMS:firefox-1.5.0.12-0.15.el4.src.rpm     i386:firefox-1.5.0.12-0.15.el4.i386.rpm     x86_64:firefox-1.5.0.12-0.15.el4.i386.rpmfirefox-1.5.0.12-0.15.el4.x86_64.rpmSL 5.x     SRPMS:firefox-1.5.0.12-15.el5_1.src.rpm     i386:firefox-1.5.0.12-15.el5_1.i386.rpmfirefox-devel-1.5.0.12-15.el5_1.i386.rpm     x86_64:firefox-1.5.0.12-15.el5_1.i386.rpmfirefox-1.5.0.12-15.el5_1.x86_64.rpmfirefox-devel-1.5.0.12-15.el5_1.i386.rpmfirefox-devel-1.5.0.12-15.el5_1.x86_64.rpm-Connie Sieh-Troy Dawson



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