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Scientific Linux SL5.x Critical: xulrunner Security Update CVE-2010-3765

Calendar Oct 28, 2010 • User Avatar LinuxSecurity Advisories
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security advisory security update race condition Critical application crash xulrunner Scientific Linux
Critical: xulrunner security update 
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 11:08:40 -0500
Reply-To: Troy Dawson 
Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Troy Dawson 
Subject: Security ERRATA Critical: xulrunner on SL5.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis:	Critical: xulrunner security update
Issue date:	2010-10-27
CVE Names:	CVE-2010-3765

A race condition flaw was found in the way XULRunner handled Document
Object Model (DOM) element properties. Malicious HTML content could
cause an application linked against XULRunner (such as Firefox) to crash
or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user
running the application. (CVE-2010-3765)

After installing the update, applications using XULRunner must be
restarted for the changes to take effect.

SL 5.x

 SRPMS:
xulrunner-1.9.2.11-4.el5_5.src.rpm
 i386:
xulrunner-1.9.2.11-4.el5_5.i386.rpm
xulrunner-devel-1.9.2.11-4.el5_5.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
xulrunner-1.9.2.11-4.el5_5.i386.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.2.11-4.el5_5.x86_64.rpm
xulrunner-devel-1.9.2.11-4.el5_5.i386.rpm
xulrunner-devel-1.9.2.11-4.el5_5.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson