Scientific Linux: CVE-2009-2654 Critical Firefox Security Update Analysis

Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:57:03 -0500
Reply-To: Troy Dawson 
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From: Troy Dawson 
Subject: Security ERRATA Critical: firefox on SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis:	Critical: firefox security update
Issue date:	2009-09-09
CVE Names:	CVE-2009-2654 CVE-2009-3070 CVE-2009-3071
 CVE-2009-3072 CVE-2009-3074 CVE-2009-3075
 CVE-2009-3076 CVE-2009-3077 CVE-2009-3078
 CVE-2009-3079

CVE-2009-2654 firefox: URL bar spoofing vulnerability
CVE-2009-3070 Firefox 3.5 3.0.14 browser engine crashes
CVE-2009-3071 Firefox 3.5.2 3.0.14 browser engine crashes
CVE-2009-3072 Firefox 3.5.3 3.0.14 browser engine crashes
CVE-2009-3074 Firefox 3.5 3.0.14 JavaScript engine crashes
CVE-2009-3075 Firefox 3.5.2 3.0.14 JavaScript engine crashes
CVE-2009-3076 Firefox 3.0.14 Insufficient warning for PKCS11 module
installation and removal
CVE-2009-3077 Firefox 3.5.3 3.0.14 TreeColumns dangling pointer
vulnerability
CVE-2009-3078 Firefox 3.5.3 3.0.14 Location bar spoofing via tall
line-height Unicode charactersCVE-2009-3079 Firefox 3.5.3 3.0.14 Chrome privilege escalation with
FeedWriter

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-2009-3070, CVE-2009-3071, CVE-2009-3072, CVE-2009-3074,
CVE-2009-3075)

A use-after-free flaw was found in Firefox. An attacker could use this flaw
to crash Firefox or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the user running Firefox. (CVE-2009-3077)

A flaw was found in the way Firefox handles malformed JavaScript. A website
with an object containing malicious JavaScript could execute that
JavaScript with the privileges of the user running Firefox. (CVE-2009-3079)

Descriptions in the dialogs when adding and removing PKCS #11 modules
were not informative. An attacker able to trick a user into installing a
malicious PKCS #11 module could use this flaw to install their own
Certificate Authority certificates on a user's machine, making it
possible to trick the user into believing they are viewing a trusted
site or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the
user running Firefox. (CVE-2009-3076)

A flaw was found in the way Firefox displays the address bar when
window.open() is called in a certain way. An attacker could use this
flaw to conceal a malicious URL, possibly tricking a user into believing
they are viewing a trusted site. (CVE-2009-2654)

A flaw was found in the way Firefox displays certain Unicode characters.
An attacker could use this flaw to conceal a malicious URL, possibly
tricking a user into believing they are viewing a trusted site.
(CVE-2009-3078)

For technical details regarding these flaws, refer to the Mozilla
security advisories for Firefox 3.0.14. You can find a link to the
Mozilla advisories in the References section of this errata.

After installing the update, Firefox must be restarted for the changes
to take effect.

SL 4.x

 SRPMS:
firefox-3.0.14-1.el4.src.rpm
nspr-4.7.5-1.el4_8.src.rpm
 i386:
firefox-3.0.14-1.el4.i386.rpm
nspr-4.7.5-1.el4_8.i386.rpm
nspr-devel-4.7.5-1.el4_8.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
firefox-3.0.14-1.el4.i386.rpm
firefox-3.0.14-1.el4.x86_64.rpm
nspr-4.7.5-1.el4_8.i386.rpm
nspr-4.7.5-1.el4_8.x86_64.rpm
nspr-devel-4.7.5-1.el4_8.x86_64.rpm

SL 5.x

 SRPMS:
firefox-3.0.14-1.el5_4.src.rpm
nspr-4.7.5-1.el5_4.src.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.0.14-1.el5_4.src.rpm
 i386:
firefox-3.0.14-1.el5_4.i386.rpm
nspr-4.7.5-1.el5_4.i386.rpm
nspr-devel-4.7.5-1.el5_4.i386.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.0.14-1.el5_4.i386.rpm
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.14-1.el5_4.i386.rpm
xulrunner-devel-unstable-1.9.0.14-1.el5_4.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
firefox-3.0.14-1.el5_4.i386.rpm
firefox-3.0.14-1.el5_4.x86_64.rpm
nspr-4.7.5-1.el5_4.i386.rpm
nspr-4.7.5-1.el5_4.x86_64.rpm
nspr-devel-4.7.5-1.el5_4.i386.rpm
nspr-devel-4.7.5-1.el5_4.x86_64.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.0.14-1.el5_4.i386.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.0.14-1.el5_4.x86_64.rpm
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.14-1.el5_4.i386.rpm
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.14-1.el5_4.x86_64.rpm
xulrunner-devel-unstable-1.9.0.14-1.el5_4.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson