Scientific Linux: Critical Firefox Security Update on SL4.x i386/x86_64

Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 10:10:29 -0500
Reply-To: Troy Dawson 
Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Troy Dawson 
Subject: Security ERRATA for firefox on SL4.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis:	Critical: firefox security update
Issue date:	2008-07-02
CVE Names:	CVE-2008-2798 CVE-2008-2799 CVE-2008-2800
 CVE-2008-2801 CVE-2008-2802 CVE-2008-2803
 CVE-2008-2805 CVE-2008-2807 CVE-2008-2808
 CVE-2008-2809 CVE-2008-2810 CVE-2008-2811

Multiple flaws were 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-2008-2801, CVE-2008-2802, CVE-2008-2803)

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 as the user running Firefox.
(CVE-2008-2798, CVE-2008-2799, CVE-2008-2811)

Several flaws were found in the way malformed web content was displayed.
A web page containing specially-crafted content could potentially trick
a Firefox user into surrendering sensitive information. (CVE-2008-2800)

Two local file disclosure flaws were found in Firefox. A web page
containing malicious content could cause Firefox to reveal the contents
of a local file to a remote attacker. (CVE-2008-2805, CVE-2008-2810)

A flaw was found in the way a malformed.properties file was processed
by Firefox. A malicious extension could read uninitialized memory,
possibly leaking sensitive data to the extension. (CVE-2008-2807)

A flaw was found in the way Firefox escaped a listing of local file
names. If a user could be tricked into listing a local directory
containing malicious file names, arbitrary JavaScript could be run with
the permissions of the user running Firefox. (CVE-2008-2808)

A flaw was found in the way Firefox displayed information about
self-signed certificates. It was possible for a self-signed certificate
to contain multiple alternate name entries, which were not all displayed
to the user, allowing them to mistakenly extend trust to an unknown
site. (CVE-2008-2809)

SL 4.x

 SRPMS:
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.19.el4.src.rpm
 i386:
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.19.el4.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.19.el4.i386.rpm
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.19.el4.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson