Scientific Linux: Critical Advisory for Firefox on SL4.x and SL5.x

Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:31:28 -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:	2010-07-20
CVE Names:	CVE-2010-0654 CVE-2010-1205 CVE-2010-1206
 CVE-2010-1207 CVE-2010-1208 CVE-2010-1209
 CVE-2010-1210 CVE-2010-1211 CVE-2010-1212
 CVE-2010-1213 CVE-2010-1214 CVE-2010-1215
 CVE-2010-2751 CVE-2010-2752 CVE-2010-2753
 CVE-2010-2754

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-2010-1208, CVE-2010-1209, CVE-2010-1211,
CVE-2010-1212, CVE-2010-1214, CVE-2010-1215, CVE-2010-2752, CVE-2010-2753)

A memory corruption flaw was found in the way Firefox decoded certain
PNG images. An attacker could create a specially-crafted PNG image that,
when opened, could cause Firefox to crash or, potentially, execute
arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Firefox.
(CVE-2010-1205)

Several same-origin policy bypass flaws were found in Firefox. An
attacker could create a malicious web page that, when viewed by a
victim, could steal private data from a different website the victim has
loaded with Firefox. (CVE-2010-0654, CVE-2010-1207, CVE-2010-1213,
CVE-2010-2754)

A flaw was found in the way Firefox presented the location bar to a
user. A malicious website could trick a user into thinking they are
visiting the site reported by the location bar, when the page is
actually content controlled by an attacker. (CVE-2010-1206)

A flaw was found in the way Firefox displayed the location bar when
visiting a secure web page. A malicious server could use this flaw to
present data that appears to originate from a secure server, even though
it does not. (CVE-2010-2751)

A flaw was found in the way Firefox displayed certain malformed
characters. A malicious web page could use this flaw to bypass certain
string sanitization methods, allowing it to display malicious
information to users. (CVE-2010-1210)

For technical details regarding these flaws, refer to the Mozilla
security advisories for Firefox 3.6.7.

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

SL 4.x

 SRPMS:
firefox-3.6.7-2.el4.src.rpm
 i386:
firefox-3.6.7-2.el4.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
firefox-3.6.7-2.el4.i386.rpm
firefox-3.6.7-2.el4.x86_64.rpm

SL 5.x

 SRPMS:
firefox-3.6.7-2.el5.src.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.2.7-2.el5.src.rpm
 i386:
firefox-3.6.7-2.el5.i386.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.2.7-2.el5.i386.rpm
xulrunner-devel-1.9.2.7-2.el5.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
firefox-3.6.7-2.el5.i386.rpm
firefox-3.6.7-2.el5.x86_64.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.2.7-2.el5.i386.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.2.7-2.el5.x86_64.rpm
xulrunner-devel-1.9.2.7-2.el5.i386.rpm
xulrunner-devel-1.9.2.7-2.el5.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson