Synopsis
Critical: firefox security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory: Critical
Topic
An updated firefox package that fixes various security issues is now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.
This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red
Hat Security Response Team.
Description
Mozilla Firefox is an open source Web browser.
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-2008-0017, CVE-2008-5014, CVE-2008-5016, CVE-2008-5017,
CVE-2008-5018, CVE-2008-5019, CVE-2008-5021)
Several flaws were found in the way malformed content was processed. A web
site containing specially-crafted content could potentially trick a Firefox
user into surrendering sensitive information. (CVE-2008-5022,
CVE-2008-5023, CVE-2008-5024)
A flaw was found in the way Firefox opened "file:" URIs. If a file: URI was
loaded in the same tab as a chrome or privileged "about:" page, the file:
URI could execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running
Firefox. (CVE-2008-5015)
For technical details regarding these flaws, please see the Mozilla
security advisories for Firefox 3.0.4. You can find a link to the Mozilla
advisories in the References section.
All firefox users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain
backported patches that correct these issues.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
Affected Products
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 ia64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 5.2 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 5.2 ia64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 5.2 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 4.7 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 4.7 ia64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 4.7 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 ia64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390x
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 5.2 s390x
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.7 s390x
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.7 s390
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 5.2 ppc
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.7 ppc
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386
Fixes
- BZ - 454283 - firefox-2.0-getstartpage.patch breaks extensions which set homepage
- BZ - 470873 - CVE-2008-5014 Mozilla crash and remote code execution via __proto__ tampering
- BZ - 470876 - CVE-2008-5015 Mozilla file: URIs inherit chrome privileges
- BZ - 470881 - CVE-2008-5016 Mozilla crash with evidence of memory corruption
- BZ - 470883 - CVE-2008-5017 Mozilla crash with evidence of memory corruption
- BZ - 470884 - CVE-2008-5018 Mozilla crash with evidence of memory corruption
- BZ - 470889 - CVE-2008-5019 Mozilla XSS via session restore
- BZ - 470892 - CVE-2008-0017 Mozilla buffer overflow in http-index-format parser
- BZ - 470894 - CVE-2008-5021 Mozilla crash and remote code execution in nsFrameManager
- BZ - 470895 - CVE-2008-5022 Mozilla nsXMLHttpRequest::NotifyEventListeners() same-origin violation
- BZ - 470898 - CVE-2008-5023 Mozilla -moz-binding property bypasses security checks on codebase principals
- BZ - 470902 - CVE-2008-5024 Mozilla parsing error in E4X default namespace
CVEs
References
Vulmon