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Red Hat: RHSA-2011-0427-01 Moderate: spice-xpi Firefox Plugin Issue

An updated spice-xpi package that fixes one security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ==================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Moderate: spice-xpi security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2011:0427-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:0427.html Issue date: 2011-04-07 CVE Names: CVE-2011-1179 ==================================================================== 1. Summary: An updated spice-xpi package that fixes one security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64 3. Description: The Simple Protocol for Independent Computing Environments (SPICE) is a remote display protocol used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux for viewing virtualized guests running on the Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) hypervisor, or on Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor. The spice-xpi package provides a plug-in that allows the SPICE client to run from within Mozilla Firefox. An uninitialized pointer use flaw was found in the SPICE Firefox plug-in. If a user were tricked into visiting a malicious web page with Firefox while the SPICE plug-in was enabled, it could cause Firefox to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Firefox. (CVE-2011-1179) Users of spice-xpi shouldupgrade to this updated package, which contains a backported patch to correct this issue. After installing the update, Firefox must be restarted for the changes to take effect. 4. Solution: Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259 5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 689931 - CVE-2011-1179 spice-xpi: unitialized pointer writes possible when getting plugin properties 6. Package List: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client): Source: i386: spice-xpi-2.2-2.3.el5_6.1.i386.rpm spice-xpi-debuginfo-2.2-2.3.el5_6.1.i386.rpm x86_64: spice-xpi-2.2-2.3.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm spice-xpi-debuginfo-2.2-2.3.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server): Source: i386: spice-xpi-2.2-2.3.el5_6.1.i386.rpm spice-xpi-debuginfo-2.2-2.3.el5_6.1.i386.rpm x86_64: spice-xpi-2.2-2.3.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm spice-xpi-debuginfo-2.2-2.3.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package 7. References: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1179 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate 8. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is . More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/ Copyright 2011 Red Hat, Inc. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFNnjkNXlSAg2UNWIIRAg8GAKCW9L8vkDyP+EGx6ZtpVoo4e4Il/QCfc4up gkUmaEhRXc0k7kbnnPlFWjw=i09u -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Enterprise-watch-list mailing list This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Critical patch released for spice-xpi resolves null pointer dereference vulnerability impacting Firefox on CentOS.. spice-xpi update, red hat security, firefox plugin, softwarepatching. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Apr 07, 2011 Red Hat