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-2008-4058, CVE-2008-4060, CVE-2008-4061, CVE-2008-4062,
CVE-2008-4063, CVE-2008-4064)
Several flaws were found in the way malformed web content was displayed. A
web page containing specially crafted content could potentially trick a
Firefox user into surrendering sensitive information. (CVE-2008-4067,
CVE-2008-4068)
A flaw was found in the way Firefox handles mouse click events. A web page
containing specially crafted JavaScript code could move the content window
while a mouse-button was pressed, causing any item under the pointer to be
dragged. This could, potentially, cause the user to perform an unsafe
drag-and-drop action. (CVE-2008-3837)
A flaw was found in Firefox that caused certain characters to be stripped
from JavaScript code. This flaw could allow malicious JavaScript to bypass
or evade script filters. (CVE-2008-4065)
For technical details regarding these flaws, please see the Mozilla
security advisories for Firefox 3.0.2. You can find a link to the Mozilla
advisories in the References section.
All firefox users should upgrade to this updated package, which contains
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 - 463189 - CVE-2008-3837 Forced mouse drag
- BZ - 463190 - CVE-2008-4058 Mozilla privilege escalation via XPCnativeWrapper pollution
- BZ - 463198 - CVE-2008-4060 Mozilla privilege escalation via XPCnativeWrapper pollution
- BZ - 463199 - CVE-2008-4061 Mozilla layout engine crash
- BZ - 463201 - CVE-2008-4062 Mozilla crashes with evidence of memory corruption
- BZ - 463203 - CVE-2008-4063 Mozilla crashes with evidence of memory corruption
- BZ - 463204 - CVE-2008-4064 Mozilla crashes with evidence of memory corruption
- BZ - 463234 - CVE-2008-4065 Mozilla BOM characters stripped from JavaScript before execution
- BZ - 463246 - CVE-2008-4067 Mozilla resource: traversal vulnerability
- BZ - 463248 - CVE-2008-4068 Mozilla local HTML file recource: bypass
CVEs
References
Vulmon