Critical: seamonkey security update

Synopsis

Critical: seamonkey security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Critical

Topic

Updated seamonkey packages that fix security issues are now available for
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, and 4.

This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red
Hat Security Response Team.

Description

SeaMonkey is an open source Web browser, email and newsgroup client, IRC
chat client, and HTML editor.

Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A web
page containing malicious content could cause SeaMonkey to crash or,
potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running SeaMonkey.
(CVE-2009-0352, CVE-2009-0353)

A flaw was found in the way malformed content was processed. A website
containing specially-crafted content could, potentially, trick a SeaMonkey
user into uploading a local file. (CVE-2009-0355)

A flaw was found in the way SeaMonkey treated HTTPOnly cookies. An attacker
able to execute arbitrary JavaScript on a target site using HTTPOnly
cookies may be able to use this flaw to steal the cookie. (CVE-2009-0357)

All SeaMonkey users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain
backported patches that correct these issues. After installing the update,
SeaMonkey must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

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/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 2 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 2 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 4.7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 4.7 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 4.7 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 2 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 2 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.7 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.7 s390
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 3 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.7 ppc

Fixes

  • BZ - 483143 - CVE-2009-0355 Firefox local file stealing with SessionStore
  • BZ - 483139 - CVE-2009-0352 Firefox layout crashes with evidence of memory corruption
  • BZ - 483141 - CVE-2009-0353 Firefox javascript crashes with evidence of memory corruption
  • BZ - 483145 - CVE-2009-0357 Firefox XMLHttpRequest allows reading HTTPOnly cookies

CVEs

References